Octopart

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Octopart
Company type Subsidiary
IndustryElectronics
Founded2007
FoundersAndres Morey, Sam Wurzel, Harish Agarwal
Fate Acquired on August 14, 2015
Headquarters
La Jolla, California
Parent Altium Limited
Website https://octopart.com/

Octopart.com is a search engine for electronic and industrial parts headquartered in La Jolla, CA. It aggregates parts from distributors and manufacturers online, making them easy to search for and purchase. [1]

History

Octopart was created by three physics grad-school dropouts, Andres Morey, Sam Wurzel, and Harish Agarwal, in 2007. [2] After coming up with the idea for the site and leaving graduate school, Morey and Wurzel worked with Paul Graham and Jessica Livingston's Y Combinator. [3] Octopart works with large distributors. [4]

In 2017, Octopart was acquired by Altium Limited. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "A Boot Camp for the Next Tech Billionaires". Newsweek . 20 May 2007.
  2. ↑ "Octopart, The Little Startup That Hung In There". TechCrunch. 2011-05-18. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  3. ↑ "Which part of Octopart don't you understand?". 22 May 2008.
  4. ↑ "Octopart helps nearly a half a million people find the part they need every month". EE Times . Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  5. ↑ https://www.powerelectronicsnews.com/renesas-acquires-altium-as-part-of-its-digitalization-strategy/
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