TechCrunch Startup News AllSpice’s platform is the GitHub for electrical engineering teams
Jun 25, 2025
Discover the fascinating world of AllSpice’s platform, designed specifically for electrical hardware engineering teams. It’s establishing itself as a go-to tool for collaboration on complex files, attracting major clients like Blue Origin and Bose. The co-founders share insights from their engineering backgrounds and the remarkable growth of the startup after raising $15 million in funding. They also unveil an innovative AI tool aimed at improving design validation and tackling hardware-related challenges.
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Hardware Teams Need Special Tools
- Hardware engineering teams need collaboration tools specific to their file types, like PCB and CAD files.
- Allspice bridges gaps between existing software tools rather than replacing them.
Value of Negative User Feedback
- Understanding what users don't want is as valuable as knowing what they want.
- This helped Allspice create a focused, centralized collaboration platform rather than another point solution.
Founders' Personal Challenge
- Valentina Ratner and Kyle Dumont experienced collaboration issues at Amazon and iRobot firsthand.
- They built Allspice after seeing the pain of hardware design not translating well over email and PDFs.