On the TechTO stage ×1
First seen on the TechTO stage in 2016. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Zak ↗
In their words
all rocket ships and all successful startups go through near-death experiences
don't die Paul Graham likes to say that if you can just avoid dying you get rich sounds like a joke but it's actually a pretty good description of a typical startup
Around the web ×1
Quick answers
What was Upverter?
A Toronto company Homuth co-founded in 2010, part of Y Combinator's Winter 2011 batch, that put circuit-board design in the browser so hardware teams could collaborate on a schematic the way they would on a document. Altium acquired it in August 2017 and made the tool free.
What does Zak Homuth do now?
His own site, checked on 4 August 2026, describes him as a founder, engineer and industrial maker working on factories and machines, lists Upverter as acquired and his SRTX work as past. It names no current company.