We make tools to design electronics circuit boards with code
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
atopile is a San Francisco-based, YC Winter 2024, open-core electronics design automation company that lets hardware teams design circuit boards in code, then validate and ship them with simulation, CI-style checks, and integrations into existing EDA tools.
Primary product
A code-native EDA platform plus the .ato language/compiler/toolchain for designing electronic circuit boards with code.
Founded
2023
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Electronics Design Automation (EDA) / PCB design software
Offices
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Business model
Stage
pre-seed / early-stage VC
Total raised
$625K
Latest round
Pre-Seed / Convertible Note · Apr 2024
Latest amount
$500K
Apr 2024 · Y Combinator
Mar 2024
Leadership
Co-CEO
Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer
Head of Sales
Investors
Builder-oriented and high-agency, with an emphasis on deep technical expertise, end-to-end ownership, transparency, and open-source/open-core workflows.
Compensation
The clearest public compensation signal found was a Member of Technical Staff posting in San Francisco at $180K-$300K salary plus 0.10%-1.00% equity; no broader compensation policy was publicly stated.
Pricing
Open-core with free/open-source core tooling and sales-led enterprise features for larger deployments.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
≈$1.1M estimated ARR
Estimated monthly visits
1.9K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Altium Academy / Podbean · Jun 2026
Podcast interview with Narayan Powderly and Ioannis Papamanoglou on atopile’s code-first, AI-driven PCB design approach, its integration with Altium Designer, and the roadmap around supply chain and firmware integration.
Fondo · Feb 2026
Coverage of atopile’s launch and positioning as an open-core, code-based electronics design platform with GitHub and docs links.
BigGo News · Jul 2025
Community criticism focused on missing practical examples and a limited component library; also noted that KiCad is still required for PCB layout/routing.
LinkedIn post by Timothée Peter · Mar 2024
Launch announcement describing atopile as a programming language and toolchain to automate hardware design and emphasizing software-style workflows for electronics.
Hackaday · Feb 2024
Early third-party coverage of atopile’s code-first approach to schematics, noting benefits for reuse and maintainability as well as tradeoffs versus traditional schematic workflows.