India, July 3 -- Semiconductor design-focussed GenAI startup Maieutic Semiconductor has raised $4.15 Mn (about INR 35 Cr) in its seed funding round co-led by Endiya Partners and Exfinity Venture Partners.

The startup plans to deploy the capital to expand the engineering teams and improve time to market.

The chip design cycle in semiconductors typically takes weeks and is also resource intensive. To shorten this process, Gireesh Rajendran, Ashish Lachhwani, Rakesh Kumar, and Krishna Sankar founded Maieutic Semiconductor in 2025 to build an AI-powered copilot to automate the early-stage design process for making analog IC chips.

The founders have years of experience in chip designing and semiconductor space. Rajendran, Lachhwani and Kuma...