Indian Startup Maieutic Semiconductors Secures $6 Million to Accelerate Chip Design with AI
TOKYO – Maieutic Semiconductors, an Indian startup, has raised $6 million in funding to develop and deploy an artificial intelligence-powered digital assistant aimed at automating analog chip design. The company plans to roll out the technology in 2026.
The investment comes as demand surges for faster development of the hardware underpinning the current AI boom. Analog chip design is traditionally a slow, complex, and labor-intensive process. Maieutic’s technology seeks to address this bottleneck by leveraging AI to assist engineers, perhaps shortening design cycles and accelerating innovation in the semiconductor industry.
Maieutic’s digital assistant is designed to automate many of the painstaking tasks involved in analog chip design, freeing up engineers to focus on more complex problem-solving. the company believes this approach will be crucial in meeting the growing demand for specialized chips needed to power artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies. Investors include Japanese firms and others, signaling international confidence in the startup’s vision.
