Flux positions itself as the world’s first “AI hardware engineer,” using models trained on hundreds of thousands of real-world circuit designs to let users create electronics through plain-language prompts. Within the web interface, the system drafts PCB layouts, identifies and prices components, runs validation tests, and produces ready-to-manufacture files, while also flagging cost-saving measures and supply-chain work-arounds. The company’s value proposition is to collapse the cost and complexity of hardware design so that individuals and small teams can build bespoke devices as easily as software. More than one million makers and entrepreneurs have already used Flux to design roughly 6.5 million devices spanning wearables, drones, smart-home controllers, industrial IoT tools, and organ-on-chip platforms. By reducing engineering overhead to near zero, CEO Matthias Wagner believes Flux can unlock a long-tail market for custom electronics. The platform seeks to make hardware iteration feel more like app prototyping than traditional manufacturing.

Total raised

$4M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Feb 2026