Deep-tech startup Maieutic Semiconductor raises $4.15 Mn seed round

Deep-tech startup Maieutic Semiconductor has raised $4.15 million in a Seed funding round co-led by Endiya Partners and Exfinity Venture Partners.

The proceeds will be used to expand its engineering team,  improve time to market, and hire the team, Maieutic said in a press release.

Co-founded in March 2025 by Gireesh Rajendran, Ashish Lachhwani, Rakesh Kumar, and Krishna Sankar, Maieutic aims  to reimagine chip design by introducing generative AI to design and development workflows. The company’s GenAI-first solution will significantly accelerate early-stage chip design, domain expert review process, and enable intelligent analysis of design trade-offs, all of which are typically time-consuming and resource-intensive.

According to market research, the global semiconductor market is projected to cross $1 trillion by 2030,

The Bengaluru-based startup  combines decades of deep analog and semiconductor experience with cutting-edge AI techniques to create a copilot that reduces the design cycle from weeks to days, spots inconsistencies without expert intervention, and brings intelligence to every trade-off. 

Maieutic aims  to address a massive market opportunity beginning with analog IC design, which is critical to next-gen communications, automotive, and industrial electronics.

Endiya Partners were also early investors in Steradian Semiconductors, which was previously founded by the founder & CEO of Maieutic and later got acquired by a Chinese company named Renesas Electronics, whereas Exfinity Venture Partners who is an active investor in deep-tech and semiconductor startups, with exits such as Kinara.ai, an edge AI semiconductor company.