What Circuit Mind does

Circuit Mind is a London-based artificial intelligence company founded in 2018 that has built ACE (Architecture to Circuit Engineering), an AI-powered electronic design automation platform. ACE ingests block-diagram-level design intent and converts it into validated schematics and bills of materials, reportedly in approximately 60 seconds, replacing manual schematic drafting tasks that traditionally consume engineering hours. The platform is built on proprietary transformer-based models (TSDAE) trained on a component digital twin database, with a deterministic AI design philosophy aimed at producing reliable, verifiable outputs suitable for production electronics rather than speculative generative suggestions. The company targets professional electronics design engineers across aerospace and defense, industrial, automotive, medical, and IoT end markets, with named customers including BAE Systems, Los Alamos National Lab, National Instruments, and Legrand alongside smaller design firms.

The commercial model is a multi-tier SaaS subscription (Individual, Professional, and Enterprise) supplemented by Professional Services, distributed through a hybrid product-led growth motion paired with enterprise field sales. The company has pursued an ecosystem integration strategy, building connectors to leading ECAD platforms including Altium, OrCAD, and Zuken, and in July 2025 established a partnership with Cadence Design Systems, the dominant incumbent in electronic design automation. Circuit Mind has raised approximately $15M in cumulative funding across rounds in 2022 and 2024, with backing from investors including 7percent Ventures, Intel Ignite, Differential Ventures, Third Prime, JOIN Capital, Creative Ventures, Episode 1, Deeptech Labs, Lorimer Ventures, Sunway iLabs, Google for Startups, and Entrepreneur First. The company is led by co-founder and CEO Tomide Adesanmi (formerly of BAE Systems) and co-founder and CTO Basilio Gentile (PhD, ETH Zurich).

Name

Circuit Mind

Legal name

Circuit Mind Limited

Website

https://circuitmind.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Circuit Mind is a London-based AI company that has built ACE, an electronic design automation platform converting block diagrams into schematics and bills of materials in seconds. It serves professional electronics design engineers across aerospace, defense, industrial, and IoT end markets via a tiered SaaS model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Electronic Design Automation Software

NAICS

Industrial Design Services (541420)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

EDA Software Platforms (Digital Implementation, Verification & Signoff) (HDAHAFAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

System-Level, Multi-Physics & Package/PCB Co-Design (EDA) (HDAHAFAD), Design Services & ASIC/SoC Implementation (EDA-Adjacent) (HDAHAFAL)

Keywords

• Electronic design automation
• AI circuit design
• PCB schematic generation
• Bill of materials optimization
• ECAD tool integration

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. SaaS Platform Subscription: Circuit Mind offers cloud-based access to their ACE platform through subscription tiers (Individual, Professional, Enterprise). Customers access AI-powered schematic generation, BOM optimization, and design verification tools on a recurring basis.
2. Professional Engineering Services: Circuit Mind provides end-to-end electronic engineering services combining experienced engineers with the AI platform. Services include circuit design from concept to prototype or production, requirements drafting, component selection, schematic development, layout, and manufacturing partner connections.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Circuit Mind develops and sells an AI-powered electronics design automation platform (ACE) that converts block diagram hardware architectures into complete, verified schematics, Bills of Materials, and design verification reports in 60 seconds. The platform searches trillions of component combinations to optimize for cost, size, power, and availability, exporting designs to major ECAD tools including Altium, OrCAD, Cadence, and Zuken. The company also offers end-to-end professional electronics engineering services combining its AI platform with experienced engineers for customers lacking in-house electronics expertise.

Product overview

Circuit Mind offers a unified AI-powered electronics design platform centered on its ACE (Architecture to Circuit Engineering) platform, which converts block diagram requirements into complete, verified schematics and Bills of Materials in 60 seconds. The platform includes an AI Power Design Automation module for power architecture optimization and a Component Digital Twins database for enhanced design intelligence. Circuit Mind also provides professional electronics design services that combine human expertise with the AI platform for end-to-end circuit development. The platform integrates with major ECAD tools including Altium, OrCAD, Cadence, and Zuken for seamless design export and workflow continuity.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ACE: AI-powered electronics design automation platform that generates schematic designs, BOMs, and verification reports from architecture/block diagrams in 60 seconds.

Products and services

• ACE (Architecture to Circuit Engineering) Platform AI-powered electronics design automation platform that converts block diagram requirements into complete, verified schematics and Bills of Materials in 60 seconds. Optimizes designs for cost, size, power, availability, performance, and lifecycle while performing automated verification checks. Targeted at electronics engineering teams and design firms in aerospace, defense, automotive, medical, and industrial sectors.
• Electronics Design Services Professional engineering services combining experienced electronic engineers with Circuit Mind's AI platform to develop electronic circuits from concept to prototype or production. Services include requirements drafting, component selection, schematic development, layout, and manufacturing partner connections. Targeted at customers needing end-to-end circuit design without internal electronics expertise, such as startups and IoT device companies.

Quantifiable outcome

• 95% reduction in PCB design time (60-80 hours to 4 hours 13 minutes)
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability4 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• Cadence Design SystemsflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 July 2025Joint webinar and integration partnership demonstrating Circuit Mind's ACE platform generating power architectures that export to Cadence tools including System Capture and PSpice for validation. Deep integration enabling seamless workflow for shared customers.
• AltiumcoreTechnology or IntegrationECAD integration partner. Circuit Mind exports schematics to Altium with complete project files and symbols for customer use.
• ZukencoreTechnology or IntegrationECAD integration partner. Circuit Mind supports export to Zuken EDA tools for customers using that platform.
• OrCADcoreTechnology or IntegrationECAD integration partner. Circuit Mind supports export to OrCAD (Cadence) tools for schematic integration.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Altium (Renesas Electronics): Altium is the leading standalone ECAD/EDA platform for PCB schematic capture, library management, and layout — the workflow Circuit Mind's ACE front-end targets. Direct competitor for hardware engineers' daily tooling and an integration partner for Circuit Mind's export workflow.
• Zuken: Zuken's CR-8000 and eCADSTAR platforms compete directly in PCB/ECAD schematic capture and system-level design, the same workflow ACE automates from architecture to schematic. Listed by Circuit Mind as an ECAD export partner, indicating both competition and interoperability.
• Pulsonix: Pulsonix is a UK-headquartered ECAD vendor offering schematic capture, PCB layout, and 3D verification for professional electronics engineers. Competes in the same mid-market schematic and BoM workflows Circuit Mind targets, with overlap on enterprise aerospace/industrial accounts.
• DipTrace: DipTrace provides schematic capture and PCB design tools widely used by independent engineers and small product teams — Circuit Mind's Individual and Professional tier audience. Overlap is on schematic-and-BoM workflow automation for hardware engineers.
• EasyEDA (LCEDA / Shenzhen JLC Technology): EasyEDA is a cloud-native, browser-based EDA platform with schematic capture, BoM, and direct JLCPCB manufacturing integration. Closest analog to Circuit Mind's cloud, PLG-led entry point for solo engineers and small teams.

Broad incumbents

• Cadence Design Systems: Cadence is a top-three EDA incumbent offering OrCAD and System Capture for schematic design, PSpice for simulation, and Cerebrus for AI-driven design optimization. Overlaps with Circuit Mind across schematic capture and verification, and is also a flagship integration partner.
• Synopsys: Synopsys is a top-three EDA incumbent with the DSO.ai autonomous chip-design platform and broad analog/digital implementation flows. Competes with Circuit Mind's deterministic-AI positioning and has the data, talent, and installed base to replicate AI schematic generation.
• Siemens EDA (formerly Mentor Graphics): Siemens EDA offers PADS, Xpedition, and HyperLynx for schematic, layout, and signal/power integrity — workflows Circuit Mind's BoM and verification automation target. A broad incumbent with deep enterprise relationships in aerospace/defense and automotive.
• ANSYS (now Synopsys): ANSYS provides multi-physics simulation, signal/power integrity, and electromagnetic analysis used to verify electronic designs. Overlaps with Circuit Mind's automated design verification (Power Analysis, FMECA, Stress & Derating) feature set.

Others

• Diode Ventures: Diode (diode.com) provides AI-assisted PCB design tooling aimed at accelerating schematic capture and layout. An emerging AI-native EDA peer whose value proposition overlaps with Circuit Mind's schematic-from-architecture automation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights8 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/circuit-mind

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds7 records

Investors12 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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