Artifact

An Collaborative, AI-native IDE for Hardware Engineers

Y CombinatorWinter 2025ActiveB2BEngineering, Product and Design

What they do

Problem

Hardware engineering workflows are slow and fragmented across the lifecycle, making collaboration, documentation, and traceability difficult.

Solution

An AI-native collaborative IDE that auto-generates and traces engineering artifacts to a single source of truth across design through sustainment.

Who it's for

Hardware engineers and teams building complex hardware systems (typically at companies and organizations developing advanced technical products).

Founders

Antony Samuel

Founder - CEO

Antony Samuel is an electrical engineer with eight years of experience developing avionics and software for complex aerospace systems. Most recently, he was the Avionics Lead at Hermeus, where he built the team and infrastructure behind the avionics for the world’s fastest aircraft (Mach 5). Now, as co-founder of Artifact, Antony is building next-generation design tools to accelerate hardware engineering, with a focus on avionics and electrical system design.

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Corbin Klett

Founder

Corbin Klett is an aerospace engineering PhD from Georgia Tech, where he applied cutting-edge control theory research to robotic systems. After spending a couple of years in industry working on design and embedded software for a high-speed aircraft prototype, he cofounded Artifact. The team’s current focus is on building software tools that accelerate hardware engineering workflows, specifically in the area of electrical and avionics systems design.

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