HCVC

Overview

Backs companies developing chips, robotics, autonomous drones, CAD simulation software, glycan engineering platforms, viral vectors, and organoid data tools for industrial and medical applications.

Part of the San Francisco ecosystem

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• AtopileAtopile builds code-based tools and a programming language for designing electronic circuit boards, helping hardware teams automate workflows and reuse designs instead of using graphical interfaces.
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• MaximoAutomates mechanical installation of solar modules with AI-enabled robotics, helping solar construction teams accelerate panel installation and reduce repetitive heavy lifting and bending.
• ZettascaleBuilds XPU chips for AI inference and training, with an FPGA prototype, planned serving API, and hosted XPU clusters designed to act as one chip.