# Celera Corporation

> Celera is an Alameda-based analog semiconductor company using AI to automate the historically artisanal craft of analog IC design. Its ChipHUB platform combines proprietary machine-learning agents with decades of analog expertise to deliver custom analog and mixed-signal chips up to 10x faster than legacy vendors. In March 2025, Celera became the first company to sample an analog IC entirely designed by autonomous software.

- **Founded:** 2018
- **Headquarters:** Alameda, California, United States
- **Founders:** Calum MacRae (Founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~190 employees
- **Products:** ChipHUB, Nestos, Custom Analog ICs, Digital Twin IP
- **Notable:** First-ever analog IC completely designed by autonomous software (March 2025), 10x reported productivity gain on a high-performance buck converter design, $20M Series A from Maverick Silicon (Aug 2025)

## Products & services

- **ChipHUB** — Patented AI-driven design platform combining behavioral modeling, synthesis, verification, and layout algorithms to automate analog IC development end-to-end.
- **Nestos** — Digital-twin-based analog design library enabling rapid, high-precision IC development across industry-standard silicon processes.
- **Custom Analog ICs** — Mixed-signal and power management ICs delivered as turnkey designs to OEMs, with full silicon fabrication support.
- **Digital Twin IP** — Licensable IP blocks delivered as flexible digital twins for OEM design integration.

## Achievements

- First-ever analog IC completely designed by autonomous software (March 2025)
- 10x reported productivity gain on a high-performance buck converter design
- $20M Series A from Maverick Silicon (Aug 2025)
- Featured by Latham & Watkins as a 'growth rocketship' case study

## Latest updates

- **2025-08** — Closed $20M Series A led by Maverick Silicon to scale AI-driven analog chip platform.
- **2025-03** — Announced first analog IC fully designed by software - a buck DC-DC converter taped out in days.

## Links

- Website: https://celerasemi.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/celera-corporation
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/celeraincorpor1

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