Quilter for startups

Find product-market fit before your runway ends

Test hardware iterations weekly, not quarterly. Quilter gives funded hard tech startups the superpower to validate assumptions at software speeds, turning months of hardware cycles into days of rapid learning. Full commercial access, startup pricing, unlimited iterations.

You're moving fast.
Layout is putting you at risk.

Every week you wait for layout is a week your competitors are learning from customers. Every delayed board is another hypothesis untested, another customer assumption unvalidated. Every hardware iteration teaches you something critical.

No in-house layout engineer?

R&D timelines blocked by outsourcing?

Electrical engineers figuring it out solo?

Prototypes delayed while your competitors are testing?

Designed for early-stage teams in Development Mode

When you’re in Development Mode, speed is survival. Quilter empowers you to go from schematic to board in hours yourself, with no layout experience required. You can move faster, test more ideas, and hit critical milestones without delay.

Full access autonomous layout

From schematic to board in hours, with full platform access from day one.

Unlimited iterations

Test hypotheses on real hardware to learn what customers actually want, not presume.

No bottlenecks

Skip the hiring, outsourcing, and back-and-forth.

3 months, 1 customer test, minimal learning

Before

3 months, 12 customer tests, found PMF

after

What you get with the Startup Plan

We offer a tiered Startup Program, providing you with the flexibility to select the ideal combination of cost and support.

Full commercial rights

Use in production with no restrictions.

Startup pricing

Flexible tiers with deep discounts, tailored to your co-marketing and data-sharing preferences.

Exposure

Optional exposure through Quilter’s co-marketing program.

Complete pricing details available after application review

Who it's for

We accept a limited number of startups where Quilter can deliver maximum impact. If you’re building frontier technology, we want to hear from you.

Funded Hard Tech / Deep Tech startups

Actively building physical products with real PCB needs

Racing to find product-market fit or scaling what works

We fast-track applications from companies backed by world-class investors, including

And especially those backed by investors we’re proud to share

Get started immediately

This is not an evaluation program. Use the free version to explore. The Startup Plan is for teams ready to build.

Use the public version to try Quilter

Apply for the Startup Program

We review your application and respond quickly

If accepted, onboarding begins, and full access is unlocked

How many lessons can you afford to skip?

If you’re prototyping, fundraising, or iterating toward production, you need working boards every week, not every quarter.

Join the cohort building the future of hardware faster than humanly possible, literally.