Mission Remove PCB layout as a constraint so every engineer can turn ideas into production hardware at the speed of software—making hardware-rich development routine, fast, and globally competitive.
Description Quilter is an AI company rethinking how printed circuit boards get built. We’ve created the first fully autonomous PCB layout engine that turns a weeks-long, manual process into a quick compile loop, returning multiple fabrication-ready designs in hours. Unlike co-pilots or tools that mimic human patterns, our approach uses physics-driven reinforcement learning to handle placement, routing, power distribution, and validation against real-world constraints. Engineers stay in their existing workflows—Altium Designer, Cadence Allegro/OrCAD, Siemens Xpedition, and KiCad—and get more iterations, faster cycles, and higher first-spin success.
Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Los Angeles, Quilter serves teams across aerospace and defense, semiconductors, automotive, and consumer electronics. We’re SOC 2 Type II compliant and offer on-premise deployment for sensitive and classified environments. Quilter is backed by Index Ventures, Benchmark, Root Ventures, Harrison Metal, Coatue, and industry leaders such as Lip-Bu Tan. The team of 24 is led by founder and CEO Sergiy Nesterenko, with board members Nina Achadjian (Index Ventures) and Eric Vishria (Benchmark). Recent milestones include a $25.5M Series B and the launch of a free tier and startup program to broaden access to autonomous hardware design.