AI platform builds validated Moku test tools in minutes
Liquid Instruments has launched GenInst Studio, a test platform that lets engineers describe an instrument in plain language and generate a validated design for Moku hardware. On 14 July 2026, the San Diego company called it the first test solution to turn natural-language prompts into customised instruments on demand.
By combining agentic AI with reconfigurable hardware, GenInst Studio lets teams design and deploy application-specific instruments in minutes instead of months. Liquid Instruments says the workflow covers specification, validation and deployment through an intuitive chat interface.
Engineers and scientists often must choose between standard instruments that do not fit the task and custom systems that require specialist skills. GenInst Studio aims to remove that trade-off by guiding users from specification to deployment on Moku hardware without FPGA expertise.
According to Liquid Instruments, the platform delivers real-time, low-latency performance after deployment. It also provides an auditable workflow for teams that need to review how an instrument was defined and validated.
GenInst Studio supports hardware-accelerated digital signal processing, custom triggering, controllers and adaptive signal generation. Those capabilities have often required deep FPGA knowledge or months of engineering work.
Daniel Shaddock, chief executive and co-founder of Liquid Instruments, said: “The convergence of agentic AI and reconfigurable hardware creates something genuinely new, the ability to build exactly the instrument you need, simply by describing what you want.”
Shaddock said the test and measurement industry had not seen that capability before. Meanwhile, Liquid Instruments positions the launch as part of a wider push into AI-enabled instrumentation.
$50 million Series C round
The launch follows Liquid Instruments’ $50 million Series C funding round, co-led by Keysight Technologies and Australia’s National Reconstruction Fund Corporation. That investment is intended to accelerate the company’s next generation of AI-enabled test solutions.
Customers including NASA, NIST, Stanford University and top U.S. Defence primes already use Liquid Instruments systems. The company says it supports thousands of engineers, scientists and researchers worldwide.
Early users reported sharply shorter development times, with solutions that once took months now built in a single session. As a result, teams can move from concept to prototype faster without specialist FPGA development.
Dr. Grady Koch, chief technology officer at Apex Photonics, said: “I’ve been working with FPGA-based systems for decades, so I know how much expertise custom development normally requires. GenInst Studio makes custom capabilities accessible without requiring deep FPGA expertise, allowing engineers to move from concept to working prototype much more quickly.”
Liquid Instruments also highlighted backing from global partners, including SI Scientific Instruments GmbH in Germany. Following the launch, that distributor sees worldwide potential for the platform.
