Octopart

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| name = Octopart

| logo = File:Logo_of_Octopart.jpeg

| type = Subsidiary

| industry = Electronics

| fate = Acquired on August 14, 2015

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| founded = 2007

| founders = Andres Morey, Sam Wurzel, Harish Agarwal

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| hq_location_city = La Jolla, California

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| parent = Altium Limited

| website = https://octopart.com/

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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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.com/boot-camp-next-tech-billionaires-100977|title=A Boot Camp for the Next Tech Billionaires|website=Newsweek |date=20 May 2007}}

History

Octopart was created by three physics grad-school dropouts, Andres Morey, Sam Wurzel, and Harish Agarwal, in 2007.{{cite web |url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/05/18/octopart-the-little-startup-that-hung-in-there/ |title=Octopart, The Little Startup That Hung In There |publisher=TechCrunch |date=2011-05-18 |access-date=2014-06-04}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2008/05/which-part-of-o.html|title = Which part of Octopart don't you understand?|date = 22 May 2008}} Octopart works with large distributors.{{cite web |url=http://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?section_id=39&doc_id=1284985 |title=Octopart helps nearly a half a million people find the part they need every month |publisher=EE Times |access-date=2014-06-04}}

In 2015, Octopart was acquired by Altium Limited.https://www.powerelectronicsnews.com/renesas-acquires-altium-as-part-of-its-digitalization-strategy/

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