Hardware & IoT

Partcl

Website
Founded 2025Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Partcl modernizes chip design automation with physics-informed models powered by GPU acceleration.

Our tools run up to 700× faster than legacy solutions, cutting weeks off development and unlocking AI-driven optimization.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08

Product details

GPU-accelerated tools for RTL optimization and physical design.

Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-27

Founders & team

Previously AionCAD

Company history As recorded 2026-11-08

William Salcedo

Founder/CEO

CEO at Partcl. Previously at Nvidia, Stanford, and Cornell. I taped-out two chips from scratch as an undergrad and developed one of the earliest chips designed by LLMs. My research at Stanford included using AI techniques to verify circuits.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Vamshi Balanaga

Founder/CTO

CTO at Partcl. Previously built embedded ML models at Apple, laser weeding robots at Carbon Robotics, and warehouse automation robots at Fulfil Solutions. Built and launched multiple rockets while running the avionics team at Space Enterprise at Berkeley, Stanford EECS PhD (dropout), UC Berkeley Physics.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2025 · Source

News & product activity

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Y Combinator

Profile depthverified profile
Website observationwebsite reachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedSan Francisco, CA, USA
Pricing evidenceNo pricing page confirmed
Maturity: Not assessed · 3 of 6 areas documented

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