Maieutic Semiconductors

Maieutic Semiconductors develops an AI-powered assistant platform for integrated circuit (IC) designers that accelerates semiconductor design cycles, reduces errors, and automates design reviews through a GenAI-powered circuit copilot. The platform shortens development time from weeks to days by accelerating initial design phases, automatically detecting bugs and inconsistencies to reduce reliance on expert intervention, and providing AI-guided optimization for trade-off analysis to make design choices more intelligent and efficient. The company was founded by a team of seasoned semiconductor industry veterans: CEO Gireesh Rajendran (former Co-Founder and CEO of Steradian Semiconductors, acquired by Renesas, MIT TR35 awardee with 50 patents), CBO Ashish Lachhwani (former Steradian Co-Founder and CBO, IIT Madras Institute Silver Medalist, 14 US patents), CPO Rakesh Kumar (former Steradian Co-Founder and CPO, 13 US patents), and CTO Krishna Sankar (former VP of Systems and Analytics at LifeSignals, IEEE 802.11 standards voting member). The company is advised by Ali M. Niknejad, Donald O. Pederson Distinguished Professor at UC Berkeley and faculty director of the Berkeley Wireless Research Center. Founded in 2025 and headquartered in Bengaluru, India, Maieutic Semiconductors has raised approximately $4.3 million at the Seed stage from investors including Endiya Partners, Exfinity Venture Partners, and UTEC.