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DeepSim, Inc.

An AI physics simulator for AI chip design

deepsim.io
HQ: Mountain View, CA, USA
1-10
B2B

Company research

Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Updated Jul 29, 2026

Overview

DeepSim, Inc. is a Stanford-founded, YC S24 startup building an AI-driven multi-scale physics simulation platform for engineering and chip design. Its product emphasizes GPU-accelerated, AI-assisted thermal/physics simulation with nano-to-macro scale resolution, automated setup, and much faster exploration than conventional tools.

Primary product

AI-driven multi-scale physics simulation platform for chip design and thermal management

Founded

2020

Headquarters

Palo Alto, California, United States

Team size

1-10

Industry

Software Development

Sub-industry

AI physics simulation / semiconductor simulation software

Offices

Palo Alto, California, United States (HQ)
Mountain View, California, United States
Stanford University, 729 Escondido Rd, Stanford, California, United States

Business model

B2B software
enterprise software
demo-led direct sales

Funding

Stage

pre-seed

Total raised

$881K

Latest round

Pre-Seed · Sep 2024

Latest amount

$500K

Pre-Seed

Sep 2024 · Y Combinator

$500K

Seed

Aug 2024

$125K

Grant

Apr 2021 · National Science Foundation

$256K

People & investors

Leadership

Connor McClellan

CEO / Co-founder

Alexander Gabourie

CTO / Co-founder

Fiona Wang

Chief Product Officer

Founders

Cagil (Chuck) Koroglu

Co-founder

Investors

FoundersX Ventures
Multimodal Ventures
National Science Foundation
Sparkwave Capital
Unpopular Ventures
Y Combinator

Work & culture

Public job postings describe a fast-paced research-and-production environment focused on working with semiconductor companies to solve chip design, thermal management, and system architecture problems.

Visa sponsorship

Limited

Compensation

Public YC job postings show an AI Physics Engineer role in Palo Alto at $140K-$180K salary plus 0.50%-1.00% equity, with openness to new graduates. No standard benefits were disclosed in the public posting.

Product & market

Pricing

Not publicly disclosed; public signals suggest demo-led B2B enterprise software sales.

Differentiators

  • —AI-driven multi-scale physics simulations from nano-to-macro scale
  • —Claimed 1000X faster simulations than current tools
  • —Claimed 1000X larger simulation scale than current tools
  • —Custom GPU-accelerated pipeline that automates complex setup
  • —Intel validation and atoms-to-circuits thermal simulation capability

Technology

Python
PyTorch / Torch
Linux
GPU acceleration
numerical methods
physics-based modeling
AI physics models
finite element method (FEM) alternatives
multi-scale thermal simulation

Customers

Semiconductor companies
Chip designers and thermal-management teams
EV battery pack engineering teams
Satellite design/deployment teams
Data center thermal-management teams
Intel (validation partner)

Competitors

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Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

$0.43M–$1.00M estimated annual revenue / ARR (public estimates vary)

Estimated monthly visits

1.4K

Traffic estimate as of Jul 2026

founders@deepsim.io

Latest news

AI-Accelerated Atoms-to-Circuits Thermal Simulation Pipeline for Integrated Circuit Design

Nature Electronics / IEDM DOI · Dec 2024

Conference paper reporting an AI-accelerated multiscale thermal simulation pipeline, including Intel 16 FinFET temperature prediction and a nanoscale-resolution active RISC-V core simulation in under 10 minutes.

Multiscale thermal modelling with AI

Alex Gabourie / LinkedIn · Dec 2024

Alex Gabourie highlighted the Nature Electronics coverage of a DeepSim-led paper and reiterated the paper’s atoms-to-circuits thermal simulation claims and DARPA/SRC support.

DeepSim: AI-Accelerated 3D Physics Simulator for Engineers

MarkTechPost · Aug 2024

Profiles DeepSim as an AI simulation platform that automates physics setup and claims 1000X faster design simulations using a GPU-accelerated solver and lightweight AI models.

DeepSim, Inc. (YC S24) launch post

Y Combinator / LinkedIn · Aug 2024

YC announced DeepSim’s launch, describing it as an AI physics simulator that helps engineers run 3D physics simulations faster for chip design and other engineering work.

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