Making hardware
less hard
We're building the development environment that makes hardware as easy to ship as software.
Why we exist
The biggest problems in the world are physical. But most smart people are building software.
How we build hardware hasn't changed in 20 years, even though everything around it has. If you want to build an app today, the tools will get you there by lunch. Hardware is a different story — you're still googling conflicting tutorials, wiring by hand, and praying you don't fry the board (we've fried plenty).
So we built the thing we wish existed. Describe what you want to make, and Schematik gives you the code, the wiring, the parts list, and the assembly steps. Deploy from the same place. Go make something.
In the wild
Real projects people are building with Schematik
Someone made a plant watering robot with Schematik 🙂
Early Schematik build: an ESP32 radar-style display on a round GC9A01 screen. Shared as prototype feedback while we track the redraw flicker.
M5 Stickにインストールできた。Claude Code の state を emotion で受け取る感じ。かわいいー🥰 サイトもかわいい (don't click the paw).
Another day, building with my fav tool. Using Schematik to make hardware easier.
I made my own version with Paulie Walnuts from The Sopranos. All possible thanks to @marcvermeeren and @schematikio.
My colleague Nikola made this with @schematikio as a go away gift :) honestly, the best.
Schematik で iPhone の Spotify App をコントロールするコードを作ってみた。今はキャラクター表示を実験中で、曲を止めると眠ってヨダレが出る。
Built BroccoliPods, a physical Spotify controller with tracks, volume, album art, artist name, and a progress bar using ESP32-S3, buttons, a display, and SchematikIO.
Made a cute little companion called clawy to manage my Claude Code sessions in a fun and easy way while on the go around the house.
Watch us build
Every week, we ship a more ambitious hardware project with Schematik. When we hit roadblocks, we fix the product.
We document all of it — the wins, the fried boards, the fixes — on YouTube.
Founder
Sam Beek
Founder · @samuelbeek
Schematik started as a side project. Sam was building hardware on weekends, got frustrated with how broken the workflow was, and hacked together a first version for himself. The first video about it went viral, people started shipping their own projects with it, and it became obvious this was way bigger than a weekend thing.
Before Schematik, Sam spent 5 years at VEED, helping scale it from early stage to $50M+ ARR. He's a lifelong builder obsessed with tools that feel deceptively simple. He also owns far too many dev boards.
Backed by
$4.6M pre-seed from people who actually understand hardware
Led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with Puzzle Ventures participating.
Alongside founders and operators from robotics, AI, and electronics
Careers
Help us shape how hardware gets built
We're not actively hiring right now, but we're always open to open applications from people who'd shape the tool and the company from day zero.
Keep it brief. A few lines on who you are and why you'd be a fit beats a long pitch.
We are in-person in Amsterdam and all backgrounds are welcome.
Email sam@schematik.io.