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Octopart is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2007 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Octopart is a search engine for electronic components. The founders listed are Sam Wurzel (Founder/CEO), Harish Agarwal (Founder/CTO), Andres Morey (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, January 17, 2012).
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