Kitchener company building a reinforcement-learning platform that automates analog and mixed-signal chip layout, generating thousands of optimized physical layouts for high-speed SERDES interconnects.
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Kitchener company building a reinforcement-learning platform that automates analog and mixed-signal chip layout, generating thousands of optimized physical layouts for high-speed SERDES interconnects.
Federal corporation Astrus Inc. (BN 776528218), status Active, registered office in Kitchener, incorporated 2023-01-24. ised-isde.canada.ca
Raised an $8M USD seed round, closed July 2025 and announced 28 August 2025, led by Khosla Ventures with 1517 Fund, Drive Capital, Alumni Ventures, RiSC Capital and MVP Ventures. betakit.com
Says it is building a physics-aware foundation model for analog chip design in partnership with leading semiconductor foundries, targeting SERDES interconnects at 226+ Gbps. astrus.ai
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AI analog chip layout automation
Reinforcement-learning and search platform, trained through self-play, that automates analog and mixed-signal circuit placement, generating thousands of optimized layouts for high-speed SERDES interconnects.
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Aug 28, 2025
Investors: Khosla Ventures, 1517 Fund, Drive Capital, Alumni Ventures, RiSC Capital, MVP Ventures, Pradeep Sindhu
Astrus closed an $8M USD seed round led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from 1517 Fund, Drive Capital, Alumni Ventures, RiSC Capital, MVP Ventures and Juniper Networks co-founder Pradeep Sindhu, to expand its AI-driven analog chip layout platform.
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Brad Moon
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Zeyi Wang
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer
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