Artifact Builds AI-Native IDE for Hardware Engineers with $3.5M Seed

Artifact is building a collaborative, AI-assisted cloud IDE for hardware engineers to design complex electrical and avionics systems. The Los Angeles, CA, US-based company emerged from Y Combinator's W25 batch and raised a $3.5 million seed round led by Floodgate and Boost VC, with participation from South Park Commons and Rock Yard Ventures.

The platform targets system-level electrical design—the architecture, cabling, power distribution, and wire harnesses that connect circuit boards and sub-assemblies inside aircraft, rockets, robotics, and energy systems. Rather than working at the individual chip or printed circuit board level, Artifact sits one layer above, creating single-source-of-truth schematics and auto-generated manufacturing documentation for hardware builds.

Co-founders Antony Samuel (CEO) and Corbin Klett (CTO) launched the company after working on high-speed aerospace systems. Samuel previously served as Avionics Lead at Hermeus, where he built the team and infrastructure for hypersonic aircraft avionics, and spent time at Boom Supersonic. He holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Klett earned his PhD in aerospace engineering at Georgia Tech, specializing in control theory and robotic systems, before working on flight software and embedded systems for high-speed prototypes.

Speaking on the podcast Design and Engineering Software, Samuel explained that Artifact prioritizes high-performance UI components and verifiable system outputs before relying heavily on automated AI generation. He noted that in safety-critical vehicle development—such as aircraft or satellites—design errors in electrical harnesses often create costly integration delays. Artifact is building its software canvas to ensure every generated artifact remains fully traceable and verifiable.

To scale its platform, Artifact is hiring across software engineering, electrical design, and customer deployment in Los Angeles, CA, US.

Open Roles at Artifact

Artifact is expanding its 3-person core team across several technical functions:

• Core Engineering: The company is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to architect core systems for the AI-assisted cloud ecosystem, focusing on high-performance diagramming, real-time collaboration, physics-based simulation, and AI copilot infrastructure. The engineering team is also seeking a Software Engineer to build out canvas components, collaboration tooling, and physics-based modeling features.
• Customer Integration & Field Engineering: The Forward-Deployed Software Engineer role serves as a bridge between core software development and customers in aerospace, robotics, and manufacturing, supporting custom deployments and direct customer feedback through occasional site visits.
• Hardware & Domain Expertise: Artifact is bringing on an Electrical Systems Engineer to assist defense and aerospace programs with harness implementation, power distribution, and system interfaces while converting hardware challenges into software product requirements. An Avionics Engineer will integrate customer flight electrical systems into the platform across power, sensor, actuator, and network design stages.

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