Company type | Subsidiary |
---|---|
Industry | Electronics |
Founded | 2007 |
Founders | Andres Morey, Sam Wurzel, Harish Agarwal |
Fate | Acquired on August 14, 2015 |
Headquarters | |
Parent | Altium |
Website | https://octopart.com/ |
Octopart.com is a search engine for electronic and industrial parts headquartered in New York, NY. It aggregates parts from distributors and manufacturers online, making them easy to search for and purchase. [1] It is free for users, and as of August 2014, over 700,000 unique visitors search the database of 30 million electronic components per month. [2] Octopart's mission is "to open up access to part data for design, sourcing, and manufacturing". [2]
Octopart was created by three physics grad-school dropouts, Andres Morey, Sam Wurzel, and Harish Agarwal, in 2007. [3] 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. [4] The company has been profitable since 2010. [2] Octopart currently works with some of the largest distributors in the industry. [5]
In August 2015 Octopart announced that they had become a wholly owned subsidiary of Altium Limited, but will operate independently from their New York City headquarters. [6]
Company type | Subsidiary |
---|---|
Industry | Electronics |
Founded | 2007 |
Founders | Andres Morey, Sam Wurzel, Harish Agarwal |
Fate | Acquired on August 14, 2015 |
Headquarters | |
Parent | Altium |
Website | https://octopart.com/ |
Octopart.com is a search engine for electronic and industrial parts headquartered in New York, NY. It aggregates parts from distributors and manufacturers online, making them easy to search for and purchase. [1] It is free for users, and as of August 2014, over 700,000 unique visitors search the database of 30 million electronic components per month. [2] Octopart's mission is "to open up access to part data for design, sourcing, and manufacturing". [2]
Octopart was created by three physics grad-school dropouts, Andres Morey, Sam Wurzel, and Harish Agarwal, in 2007. [3] 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. [4] The company has been profitable since 2010. [2] Octopart currently works with some of the largest distributors in the industry. [5]
In August 2015 Octopart announced that they had become a wholly owned subsidiary of Altium Limited, but will operate independently from their New York City headquarters. [6]