Stillwind GTM brain

Stillwind supplies custom PCB symbols, footprints and requested 3D models to electronics design teams using KiCad or Altium.

category

PCB component library services

market profile

  • text: PCB teams need library components that match both manufacturer datasheets and their own design conventions.
  • text: Stillwind competes with downloadable part libraries, AI part generators and in-house librarians.

personas

  • title: Hardware engineering lead
    pains:
    • Engineers lose design time drawing and checking new library components.
    • A wrong symbol-to-pad mapping can cause expensive board rework.
  • title: PCB librarian or ECAD manager
    pains:
    • New part requests pile up while naming, pad and silkscreen standards must stay consistent.
    • Generic downloadable parts need review and adaptation before use.
  • title: Startup electrical engineer
    pains:
    • Small teams lack a dedicated librarian.
    • Part preparation delays the next schematic or layout iteration.

icp

  • text: Hardware startups and small electronics design teams building boards in KiCad or Altium.
  • text: Established electronics teams with a librarian and enough new component volume to benefit from outside capacity.

message pillars

  • text: Build every component to the team's existing conventions.
  • text: Remove waiting time from part creation.
  • text: Check connections before delivery.

objections

  • objection: Will these parts match our library standards?
    response: The service records a versioned team standard and incorporates feedback; compare three trial parts with existing library entries.
  • objection: What if a footprint is incorrect?
    response: A librarian handles corrections and can update the standard; maintain your normal design verification before manufacture.
  • objection: Does it support our EDA tool?
    response: KiCad and Altium are supported; other named EDA tools are not currently supported by default.

competitors

  • name: SnapMagic
    why: Provides searchable PCB footprints, symbols and component models.
  • name: Librizer
    why: Offers a competing approach to generating electronics library components.
  • name: PCBPartz
    why: Competes in AI-assisted symbol and footprint generation.

influencers

  • name: Hannes Furmans
    url: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/stillwind
    why: Co-founder and a direct contact for product demonstrations.

keywords

  • PCB footprint library service
  • custom KiCad symbols
  • Altium component library creation
  • PCB footprint from datasheet
  • electronics component librarian
  • PCB symbol footprint verification
  • outsourced PCB library

voice

  • direct
  • technical
  • service-oriented

signals

  • text: Hardware team is adopting KiCad or Altium and building a new parts library.
  • text: A design team has many new parts to create or an overwhelmed component librarian.

stack

  • KiCad
  • Altium
  • MCP

pricing

model: contact_sales

motion

hybrid

channels

  • SEO
  • YC launch
  • founder-led demos
  • free trial

confidence

medium

Founders

  • name: Linus Meierhöfer
    title: Founder/CEO
    role: CEO
    bio: Co-founder & CEO @ Stillwind. Previously researched quantified complexity theory. Worked in Quantitative Engineering @ DRW. Studied CS @ ETH Zurich.
  • name: Hannes Furmans
    title: Founder/CTO
    role: CTO
    bio: Co-founder & CTO @ Stillwind Did CS at ETH Zürich. Did open source work on libp2p.
  • name: Josef Zoller
    title: Founder
    role: Founder
    bio: Co-founder & Chief Engineering Officer @ Stillwind. CS @ ETH Zürich. I’m a full-stack software engineer but specialize in networks, systems programming, and ML.

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