Maieutic Semiconductor, a deep-tech startup, has raised $4.15 million in seed funding.
The funding round was co-led by Endiya Partners and Exfinity Venture Partners.
Maieutic stated in a press release that the new funding will be used to expand its engineering team, accelerate product launch timelines, and hire additional staff.
Maieutic was co-founded in March 2025 by Gireesh Rajendran, Ashish Lachhwani, Rakesh Kumar, and Krishna Sankar. The company’s goal is to transform chip design using generative AI in the design and development process.
Maieutic’s GenAI-based solution helps accelerate the early stages of chip design, facilitates easier expert review of designs, and provides intelligent analysis of design choices. These steps are typically slow and require considerable effort, but Maieutic aims to make them faster and more efficient.
Market research indicates that the global semiconductor market is projected to exceed $1 trillion by 2030.
This Bengaluru-based startup leverages its years of experience in analogue and semiconductor design, combined with advanced AI, to build a smart assistant (copilot) for chip designers.
The copilot helps reduce design time from weeks to just days, identifies errors on its own (without requiring experts), and provides intelligent insights to inform better design decisions.
Maieutic is starting with analog chip (IC) design, which plays a key role in next-generation communication systems, cars, and industrial electronics.
The company sees this as a huge market opportunity and aims to make a big impact in this space.
Endiya Partners had also invested early in Steradian Semiconductors, a company previously founded by Maieutic’s CEO. Steradian was later acquired by Renesas Electronics, a tech company based in China.
Exfinity Venture Partners is known for investing in deep-tech and semiconductor startups. One of their successful exits includes Kinara.ai, a company that builds AI chips for edge devices.
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