Flux | Build working hardware with AI

The AI hardware engineer. One agent with the right models, tools and parts for each step. Start from an idea or your own files and build working hardware.

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Today, we’re excited to share that Flux has raised $37M in new funding, including a $27M Series B led by @8VC, with participation from @BainCapVC, @Liquid2V, and @OutsidersFund.

To the Flux community: we couldn’t have done this without you! Your projects and feedback shape what we build.

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Hardware is about to have its coding moment.

Flux CEO @MatthiasWagner at SF Tech Week 🎙️

https://t.co/pkhiIHQa5m

[Matthias @MatthiasWagner]

As someone who spends six figures a month benchmarking AI models for hardware engineering, I can tell you: there is no single best model!

Every model has strengths and weaknesses. The best model for one task can be terrible at another.

This is why harnesses like Devin for coding and Flux for hardware are so powerful. They orchestrate multiple models, routing each task to whichever model is best suited for it.

If you’re exclusively using Claude Code, Codex, or any single model, you’re not experiencing the cutting edge of AI.

I think domain-specific harnesses are where the real breakthroughs will happen. Systems that deeply understand the problems they’re solving and know how to get the most out of whatever models and tools are available.

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Catch parts with no datasheet before fab.

Flux review now lists every part in your design that needs a datasheet but does not have one.

IoT builders can check that each sensor and radio on a smart home board has its datasheet before they order.

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Mechanical design in Flux is getting serious.

[Matthias @MatthiasWagner]

Soap dispenser created with Flux

just playing with perfect human curvatures in mCAD models

Pretty cool what you can just prompt now in a few seconds

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Orbit the 3D view around any point.

Press and drag in the Flux 3D view, and the camera now orbits around the spot under your cursor.

Drone builders can circle one motor connector on a flight controller without the board swinging out of view.

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Zoom and pan any diagram in fullscreen.

Open an image, SVG, chart or diagram from the Flux chat in fullscreen, and you can now zoom in and drag it around.

Any builder can read the small labels on a block diagram or pinout without leaving the chat.

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Editing a part is the hardest first job in CAD. Now you just ask.

Bring a STEP, IGES or BREP file into Flux and say what to change. Flux edits it, keeps the holes in place, and saves a new STEP file.

Taller power supply? Ask for a deeper flange with vent slots.

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Last week we hosted the SF Hardware Meetup at Flux HQ for #SFTechWeek. This is everything that happened 🎥

Thanks to @michaelraspuzzi for organizing, @ngpadgett and to @mantle3d, @saba_khalilnaji and @fjeg1987 for speaking.

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Bring your IGES and BREP models into Flux.

Flux now accepts IGES and BREP files as 3D models, the same way it takes STEP.

Robotics builders can upload a gripper or chassis part from their CAD tool without converting it first.

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Design an entire multi-board device in one Flux project.

Flux plans the architecture, designs PCBs in parallel, then assembles them in 3D to check fit between boards and inside the enclosure. All before routing a trace.

Think drones with separate flight controllers, ESCs, and radios.

One project. Multiple boards. One AI hardware engineer.

[Matthias @MatthiasWagner]

Packed house last night...thank you all for coming!

[Aman Kumar @amankrsingh03]

First event in SF had to be a hardware one.
Had a great time at the SF Hardware meetup hosted by @BuildWithFlux.

Thanks @michaelraspuzzi for the invite.

Also, got to show off Mave @mavehealth at the open mic.

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Paste your spreadsheet into the Flux chat. No import format, no cleanup.

Copy cells from Excel or Google Sheets, or attach the CSV or XLSX. Flux reads the columns and puts them to work: add the parts, fill in missing MPNs, check stock.

Legacy PCB tools don't do this.

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Go from a product idea to a project spec in one conversation.

Flux now walks you from a rough idea through requirements and feasibility to a written project spec.

A smart home maker who starts with only an idea ends the chat with a spec to design from.

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How to build hardware in 2026:

1. Describe it

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Copper fills and connections update faster on big boards.

Flux now recalculates fills and connections faster, and updates every layout in a project at the same time.

Automotive engineers wait less after each edit on large, dense boards with many layouts.

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More events to come!

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Last night we hosted the 138th SF Hardware Meetup at Flux HQ for #SFTechWeek

Thank you @michaelraspuzzi for organizing, @ngpadgett for being emcee and @mantle3d, @saba_khalilnaji, @fjeg1987 and everyone who pitched at the open mic.

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Vibe hardware is real

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See each enclosure part on the canvas as soon as it is ready.

When Flux designs an enclosure, each part shows up on the canvas as soon as it is made, then Flux checks that it all fits.

Wearable builders can watch the board, battery and case come together and see if they fit.