# Diode Computers, Inc.

> Diode Computers is a New York-based startup building an AI-powered, code-first platform for designing and manufacturing custom printed circuit boards. Its open-source toolchain - a Rust-based PCB compiler that treats schematics as Python-readable code - lets AI agents and engineers generate, validate, and manufacture boards in days rather than months, with human-in-the-loop verification. Founded in 2024 and backed by a $11.4M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, Diode serves hardware teams in aerospace, robotics, and defense.

- **Founded:** 2024
- **Headquarters:** Brooklyn, New York, United States
- **Founders:** Davide Asnaghi (Co-Founder & CEO), Lenny Khazan (Co-Founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~11 employees
- **Products:** pcb (open-source toolchain), Zener language, PCB Compiler & EDA export, BOM Compiler, Diode design & manufacturing service (pcb.new / pcb.store)
- **Notable:** Raised $11.4M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz in 2025., Selected for Y Combinator's Summer 2024 batch., Built a Rust-based PCB compiler that validates designs in milliseconds.

## Products & services

- **pcb (open-source toolchain)** — An MIT-licensed, Rust-based command-line PCB tool that compiles schematics from code in milliseconds, manages dependencies, runs deep validation, and generates KiCad layout files.
- **Zener language** — A Starlark/Python-flavored language for describing PCB schematics as code, readable by both large language models and human engineers.
- **PCB Compiler & EDA export** — Compiles designs and exports to major formats and tools including KiCad, Altium, Cadence, BRD, ODB++, and IPC-2581, avoiding vendor lock-in.
- **BOM Compiler** — Matches each component to distributor and manufacturer catalog items with real-time cost and availability data.
- **Diode design & manufacturing service (pcb.new / pcb.store)** — An end-to-end service that takes a spec to a designed, verified, and manufactured board shipped to the customer, with human-in-the-loop review by experienced electrical engineers.

## Achievements

- Raised $11.4M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz in 2025.
- Selected for Y Combinator's Summer 2024 batch.
- Built a Rust-based PCB compiler that validates designs in milliseconds.
- Enabled a single engineer to ship 100+ unique board designs in one year.
- Helped hardware teams cut design revisions from five iterations to one.
- Signed early customers including Physical Intelligence and Saronic.

## Latest updates

- **2025-07** — Announced an $11.4M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from Y Combinator, Caffeinated Capital, and BoxGroup.
- **2024** — Released an open-source, MIT-licensed PCB toolchain and the Zener code-first schematic language.
- **2024** — Joined Y Combinator's Summer 2024 batch and launched the diode.computer design-and-manufacturing service.

## Links

- Website: https://diode.computer
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/diode-inc
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/diodeinc
- GitHub: https://github.com/diodeinc

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Last updated: 2026-07-21