Since 2017
A home for hardware builders.
Established in 2017, Circuit Launch is a specialized coworking space and makerspace built for robotics and electronic hardware, with locations in Oakland and Mountain View. Soldering iron on your desk? You're one of us.
We started Circuit Launch because the Bay had plenty of desks and almost no place built for people who solder. So we built one: real labs, real fabrication gear, and a community that knows why your rig keeps rebooting. We opened in 2017 with a ribbon-cutting by Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, and grew into 30,000 square feet of real labs.
Inside the space
Benches, scopes, half-built rigs and the occasional rogue robot. This is what 30,000 square feet of working makerspace actually looks like.
The people make it.
There are no anonymous corner offices here. Just founders, robotics engineers and inventors building physical things side by side, and the small team that keeps the labs stocked, calibrated and open around the clock.
Membership runs the gamut: solo inventors with a soldering iron and a dream, seed-stage robotics teams, and growing companies that outgrew their garage. The thread that holds it together is simple. Everyone here would rather build the thing than talk about it.
The people who run the labs.
A small team keeps the benches stocked, the equipment calibrated, and the doors open around the clock. These are the people behind it.
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Alex DantasFounder & CEO -
Dan O'MaraFounder & COO -
Nicolas HaralambidesFounder
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Patrick ManièreGeneral Manager -
Nathan CookeShop Manager & Mechanical Engineer
Industry leaders backing the community, from the founder of Atari to the former CEO of Autodesk.
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Nolan BushnellAtari, Chuck E. Cheese -
Carl BassAutodesk -
Andra KeaySilicon Valley Robotics -
Deborah AcostaCity of San Leandro, Smart Cities Diaries -
Jonathan KrauseAlchemist, Synclarity Consulting -
Bob ChristopherUgobe, Panasonic, Mitsubishi -
Gustavo NettoIBM, GE -
Kent JenkinsBusiness Advisor & Legal Coach -
Arthur PortoAngel Investor -
Erik KatzCircuit Launch Founder, HardwareCon -
Clodoaldo AraujoRota da Inovação, Panflix
How we got here.
No grand master plan. A real need, a big empty floor, and people who solder.
- 2017Ribbon cut by the Mayor
Circuit Launch opened its doors in Oakland with a ribbon-cutting by Mayor Libby Schaaf, and became the home of Type A Machines.
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Thirty thousand square feet of private offices, open desks and shared labs, with our partner BriteLab on the production side.
30,000sq ft · Room to actually build - 120+Member startups$400M+Raised between them
A community that ships
More than 120 hardware startups have built here, raising over $400M between them, and we opened a second home in Mountain View.
An ecosystem for makers.
Three things we hold to, and design the whole space around.
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Build in good company
Hardware is hard. Doing it next to people who get it is the unfair advantage. Swap parts, debug rigs, ship faster, together.
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02Real equipment, real labs
Pick-and-place, reflow ovens, scopes, laser cutters, a wet lab. The gear you can't justify buying alone, ready when you are.
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03From prototype to product
We're built for the messy middle: the leap from breadboard to manufacturable thing. Stay heads-down and keep moving.
Numbers we are quietly proud of, kept short on purpose:
- 120+
- Hardware startups
- $400M+
- Raised by members
- 30,000
- Sq ft of labs
- 24/7
- Member access
“Incredible minds, vibes and projects.”
Two homes in the Bay Area.
Find us in Oakland and Mountain View, both with 24/7 access, full labs, and a community ready to help you ship.
OAKLAND · MOUNTAIN VIEW · 24/7
Bring your soldering iron.
Book a tour and see the lab for yourself.