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Explore the entrepreneurial journey of Diode Computers founders Davide Asnaghi and Lenny Khazan in this Y Combinator talk as they revolutionize hardware design by applying AI and software principles to circuit board development. Discover how two engineers transformed their initial tool for catching design mistakes into a comprehensive AI-powered system that generates production-ready boards, addressing the fundamental question of why hardware design moves so slowly compared to software development. Learn about their pivot from building better tools to providing complete solutions after recognizing that companies wanted end-to-end services rather than incremental improvements. Follow their path from early challenges to achieving rapid growth with real customers and over 100 boards designed by just a two-person team, culminating in their announcement of $11.4M in Series A funding led by a16z. Understand how they reframed PCB design as a software problem, their technical choices and challenges in building the infrastructure, their innovative language design approach, and their strategies for security and scalability. Gain insights into their customer base, early growth patterns, first successful deals, validation processes, and future prospects for making hardware development move at software speed, plus their approach to recruitment and team building as they scale their revolutionary platform.
