Maieutic Semiconductor, a deep-tech startup, raised $4.15 million in a seed funding round led by Endiya Partners and Exfinity Venture Partners.
Maieutic stated in a press release that the proceeds will be used to expand its engineering team, improve time to market, and hire new employees.
Key Highlights
- Bengaluru-based deep-tech startup Maieutic raises $4.15 M in seed funding led by Endiya and Exfinity.
- Funds will fuel engineering team expansion, reduce chip design cycle weeks to days via GenAI copilot.
Gireesh Rajendran, Ashish Lachhwani, Rakesh Kumar, and Krishna Sankar co-founded Maieutic in March 2025 with the goal of reimagining chip design by incorporating generative AI into design and development workflows. The company's GenAI-first solution will significantly speed up early-stage chip design, domain expert review, and intelligent analysis of design trade-offs, all of which are traditionally time-consuming and resource-intensive.
Market research projects that the global semiconductor market will grow to $1 trillion by 2030.
The Bengaluru-based startup uses state-of-the-art AI techniques in conjunction with decades of deep analog and semiconductor experience to develop a copilot that reduces design cycles from weeks to days, finds inconsistencies without the need for expert intervention, and infuses intelligence into every trade-off.
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Maieutic intends to address a massive market opportunity, beginning with analog IC design, which is critical for next-generation communications, automotive, and industrial electronics.
Endiya Partners was also an early investor in Steradian Semiconductors, which was previously founded by Maieutic's founder and CEO and was later acquired by a Chinese company called Renesas Electronics, whereas Exfinity Venture Partners is an active investor in deep-tech and semiconductor startups, with exits including Kinara.ai, an edge AI semiconductor company.
