1a is building the end-to-end automation stack for hardware engineering.

Our thesis

Hardware development is fundamentally limited by software.

Today, engineering is fragmented across CAD, simulation, and analysis tools. We are starting by connecting that stack, with the ultimate goal of creating an AI-native design environment that automates and closes the engineering loop.

The problem

Take one dimension on a hardware part.

The engineer changes it in CAD.

The mesh need to be rebuilt. Loads and boundary conditions need to be applied. The simulation runs again. The engineer reads the results and decides what to change next.

Then the cycle repeats.

Today, the engineer is responsible for carrying the problem through that entire chain.

What we’re building

The tool automates the engineering loop.

Given the requirements for a part, it can create and modify geometry, prepare the engineering model, run simulations, interpret the results, and make the next design change.

Engineers review the work and make the engineering decisions.

It also creates a record can support manufacturing and design review with drawings, tolerances, analysis results, and verification evidence.

Why we’re doing this

We want to build ambitious hardware faster.

1a is the software we want to use ourselves.