Octopart.com is a

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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.

History

Octopart was created by three physics grad-school dropouts, Andres Morey, Sam Wurzel, and Harish Agarwal, in 2007. After coming up with the idea for the site and leaving graduate school, Morey and Wurzel worked with Paul Graham and Jessica Livingston's

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. Octopart works with large distributors. 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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