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Octopart.com is a search engine for electronic parts headquartered in New York, NY. It lists parts from electronics distributors and manufacturers online. It is free for users, and as of February 2014, over 600,000 unique search the database of 30 million electronic components. The site’s goal is to open up access to part data in design, sourcing and manufacturing.

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 started working with Paul Graham [] and Jessica Livingston’s [] Y Combinator []. The company has been profitable since 2010.