Atech Raises Pre-Seed Funding To Simplify Hardware Building For Physical AI Era

Founded by Vladimir Baran, Tomas Erik Harmer, and David Stålmarck, Atech is building a platform to make hardware development more accessible, lowering one of the biggest barriers in tech.

Traditionally, creating hardware prototypes requires deep expertise or significant investment, limiting innovation to a small group of specialists.

While software has become easier to build, hardware has remained complex and difficult to access.

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Atech aims to change that by making hardware creation as simple as building a web app. Its platform introduces “vibe-engineering ” allowing users to describe a hardware idea in natural language and receive a working prototype within minutes without needing technical expertise.

The rise of Physical AI systems that sense, interact with, and act in the real world is driving growing demand for hardware expertise.

As this shift continues, building and controlling physical systems will become a core skill rather than a niche one. Atech believes hardware should be as programmable and adaptable as software, and is developing tools to make that possible.

According to Tomas Harmer, CEO of Atech: "Software has an entire stack of tools that lets a teenager build an app in a weekend, hardware doesn’t, and we’re still working at the first level of abstraction.

Atech is building the missing layers, so creating in the physical world can feel as fast and joyful as writing code."

”I am seeing the same patterns Lovable had, but for hardware. I'm really excited to see Atech’s journey. The team is one of a kind," shared Anton Osika, CEO of Lovable.

About Atech

Atech is focused on making hardware development simple and accessible aiming to democratise the process so anyone can build, prototype and bring physical ideas to life without complex technical barriers.