AI for hardware

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"Our mission is to take the hard out of hardware so that anyone, from maker to enterprises, can get their products to market faster.” Those are the words from the makers of Flux. A new AI copilot, but not for coding, not for design – for building hardware. 

It’s almost like a ChatGPT for physical products. Flux is a browser-based app for designing circuits and PCBs with the help of an AI assistant called Flux Copilot.

Say you’re struggling to think of how best to design a circuit or trying to fix a pesky bug. Once you open up Flux, the Copilot will be ready and waiting to help out. Ask it a question, and it will give tailored suggestions based on your existing product. It can even help design schematics from scratch. 

Flux works by using a team of coordinated AI models under the hood that work together to interpret, research, analyze, and finally respond to your problem. It understands your project's context so it can tailor suggestions and designs based on things like technical requirements, existing schematics, and more.

Flux is live today, and the team is looking for suggestions about any new use cases you might think of. 

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