Cerebral Design Labs Scores $22M to Launch Accessibility-Aware Design Engine

Design · 4 min read

Cerebral Design Labs, a startup spun out of a university research group, announced a $22 million Series A to commercialize A11yEngine, an AI-powered toolkit that scans designs and code to automatically apply accessibility fixes and generate compliant components. The round was led by Inclusive Capital, reflecting growing investor interest in accessible products.

A11yEngine integrates into Figma, Storybook, and code repositories, flagging issues like contrast, focus order, and semantic markup while offering one-click remediation. It also exports components with ARIA attributes and keyboard navigation patterns tailored to design systems.

The company plans enterprise pilots with healthcare and public sector customers where accessibility is regulated. The funding will go toward expanding engineering, hiring compliance specialists, and launching an enterprise dashboard for auditing accessibility at scale.