Weixin Technology

Name

Weixin Technology

Legal name

VXIN TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.

Website

https://vxintech.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Weixin Technology is a Chinese PCB EDA software company founded in 2019, offering a full-process electronic R&D toolchain (schematic, PCB design, intelligent library, simulation) with AI and OCR features for the domestic electronics and semiconductor industry under a subscription model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Software

NAICS

Other Computer Related Services (541519)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

System-Level, Multi-Physics & Package/PCB Co-Design (EDA) (HDAHAFAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

EDA Cloud/SaaS, Design Data Management & Collaboration (HDAHAFAJ)

Keywords

• PCB design software
• Electronic design automation
• Schematic capture tools
• Circuit simulation software
• EDA data platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Shanghai

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. EDA Software Licenses: Sales of EDA software products including PCB design tools, schematic design software, model library management, simulation solutions, and other EDA tools. Shift from one-time licensing to subscription model.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Weixin Technology develops and sells board-level Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software and data solutions covering the full electronic system R&D lifecycle. Its offerings include schematic design (Jupiter), PCB design, AI-powered model library management, intelligent library creation, PCB inspection, automatic documentation, and multi-domain simulation (electromagnetic, signal integrity, power integrity, thermal, circuit).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Jupiter: 原理图设计EDA软件 (Schematic design EDA software)
• 为昕EDA

Products and services

• Weixin EDA - PCB Design Software (为昕EDA PCB设计软件) Board-level PCB design software for electronic circuit development, covering the complete PCB workflow for electronics and semiconductor enterprises.
• Jupiter Schematic Design EDA Software (Jupiter 原理图设计EDA软件) Schematic design software for electronic system development, part of the board-level EDA solution suite for hardware design engineers.
• Model Library Management Software (模型建库及管理软件) Component and model library management tool for organizing electronic design assets and symbols across enterprise R&D teams.
• Intelligent Library Software (智能建库软件) AI-powered library creation tool for automated electronic component library generation, marketed as an industry-first innovation for electronic component library automation.
• Automatic Drawing and Archiving Tool (自动出图&归档)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Shanghai Jiao Tong University (上海交通大学)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2020Industry-academia-research cooperation between Weixin Technology and Shanghai Jiao Tong University for joint development in EDA technology. Partnership focuses on research collaboration and technology development in electronic design automation.
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University (上海交通大学)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 October 2020Joint EDA talent cultivation program with Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Cooperation in talent development and training for the EDA industry through industry-academia partnerships.

Scale indicators2 records

Direct peers

• Zuken: Zuken's CR-8000 and CADSTAR PCB design suites are board-level EDA platforms targeting similar electronics/semiconductor customers. Both companies compete on end-to-end PCB workflow including simulation and manufacturing handoff.
• Empyrean Technology (华大九天): Empyrean is China's leading full-stack domestic EDA provider, also leveraging the national self-sufficiency tailwind with analog, digital, and PCB design tools. Weixin competes most directly in China with shared "国产替代" positioning.
• Altium (now Renesas): Altium Designer is the benchmark PCB design EDA tool used widely by board-level designers globally. Weixin competes head-to-head in the same schematic-to-PCB-to-manufacturing workflow for the same enterprise and SMB customer base.

Broad incumbents

• Synopsys: Synopsys has expanded into PCB and packaging design through acquisitions alongside its core IC EDA franchise. Its presence in package/PCB co-design overlaps with the system-level design niche Weixin is targeting.
• Keysight Technologies: Keysight provides electronic design and test/measurement software (PathWave, ADS) used alongside PCB design flows. Weixin's electromagnetic/signal integrity/circuit simulation modules face comparison with Keysight-affiliated workflows in customer labs.
• Cadence Design Systems: Cadence operates Allegro/OrCAD for board-level and IC package design within a much broader EDA portfolio. While Cadence's primary base is full-chip digital/analog, its PCB tools compete directly with Weixin in mid-to-large enterprise accounts.
• Ansys: Ansys (HFSS, SIwave, Ansys Thermal) is the industry-standard vendor for electromagnetic, signal integrity, power integrity, and thermal simulation that Weixin offers as add-on simulation modules, anchoring incumbent expectations in enterprise tooling stacks.
• Siemens EDA (former Mentor Graphics): Siemens EDA's PADS, Expedition, and HyperLynx cover PCB design, simulation, and verification within Siemens' broad industrial/EDA portfolio. Weixin's schematic, PCB, and simulation offerings target the same board-level design workflow.

Emerging players

• Primarius Technologies (概伦电子): Primarius is a publicly listed Chinese EDA company focused on device modeling, characterization, and parasitic extraction. While narrower than Weixin's PCB workflow, both are domestic EDA beneficiaries chasing the same customer base under national substitution policy.
• Hongxin Micro-Nano (鸿芯微纳): Hongxin is a smaller Chinese EDA startup targeting domestic substitution in EDA tools. It represents one of several emerging Chinese EDA players that fragment the local demand pool Weixin is pursuing.

Market position

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors2 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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