We're thrilled to announce that our Chief Product Officer, Stelios Diamantidis, will be speaking at The Montgomery Summit in March on the future of AI hardware innovation. Stelios will join the "Benefiting from the AI Boom: Opportunities in Innovative Hardware" panel alongside leaders from Inpho, Majestic Labs ai, and Lux Capital to discuss how the next generation of chip architectures, memory breakthroughs, and AI-enabled design approaches are addressing the bottlenecks limiting AI scale today. Join us in Santa Monica next month to hear how Cognichip is building the next hardware frontier with our Artificial Chip Intelligence (ACI®), a physics-informed foundational model that cuts development time, reduces cost, and spurs innovation in chip design. 🎟️ Request an invitation: https://lnkd.in/enPtmxEe
Cognichip
Software Development
Redwood City, California 12,541 followers
Cognichip is pioneering Artificial Chip Intelligence (ACI®) to power the future of semiconductor design.
About us
Cognichip is developing the world’s first Artificial Chip Intelligence (ACI®) to reimagine chip design. Founded by experts from Amazon, Google, Apple, Aquantia, Synopsys, and KLA, the company tackles high cost and inaccessibility in chip development, enabling hardware to evolve as quickly as AI software innovation. Backed by $33 million in seed funding from Mayfield, Lux Capital, FPV, and Candou Ventures, Cognichip’s ACI® features a first-of-its-kind physics-informed foundation model, purposely built for semiconductors. ACI® accelerates innovation and broadens access to semiconductor technology by making it easier, more affordable, and accessible to a broader range of innovators.
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https://cognichip.ai
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- Industry
- Software Development
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Redwood City, California
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2024
- Specialties
- Artificial Chip Intelligence, Physics-informed AI, Chip Design, Semiconductors, and Conversational Design
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Redwood City, California 94065, US
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AI demand is exploding, with more than $300B in annual CapEx and persistent bottlenecks around GPUs, memory, and compute access. But what if the next wave of innovation isn’t just about more chips, but about smarter ones? This Monty2026 panel brings together founders and operators building the next generation of AI hardware, from novel chip architectures to breakthroughs in memory and connectivity. Together, they will explore how these technologies can unlock scale, reduce friction, and help restore U.S. competitiveness in AI infrastructure. Featuring: 🔷 Stelios Diamantidis, Chief Product Officer, Cognichip 🔷 Ofer Shacham, Co-Founder & CEO, Majestic Labs ai 🔷 Joe Costello, CEO, Inpho 🔷 Shahin Farshchi, General Partner, Lux Capital Swipe through to learn more about each speaker and join us in Santa Monica for a deep dive into the hardware powering the AI era. 🎟️ Request an invitation to hear this conversation in March: https://lnkd.in/enPtmxEe
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This week we expanded our Board of Directors with the appointment of Faraj Aalaei, founder, chairman and CEO of Cognichip: https://bit.ly/4pR6iRC Summarizing the news, our CEO Rajesh Vashist stated, "Faraj’s expertise in AI, networking and communications aligns with SiTime’s ambitions...I am pleased to welcome him to our board and look forward to benefiting from his guidance as we accelerate our growth.” 👏 Click the link above to read our full release.
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"Compute is going to be the currency of the future" Working on the intersection of compute and AI is like building in the middle of a battleground. Do you want to be surrounded by smart comrades to build the future? Come join us! #Hiring #AI #ChipDesign #SystemVerilog https://lnkd.in/gy-nU9tp
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Snapshots from this year’s Cognichip holiday celebrations in San Francisco and Toronto ✨📸 As our Founder & CEO Faraj Aalaei reminded us during both celebrations, each member of the Cognichip team was hand-selected around one defining quality: kindness. We are grateful for the laughter, warmth, and joy shared with our teammates, friends, and extended Cognichip family. Moments like these remind us how special it is to build alongside such thoughtful, driven, and genuinely kind people. To our community: we want to say thank you for being part of this journey with us. Wishing you a joyful holiday season and another exciting, inspiring year ahead. 💫
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At last night’s Global Semiconductor Alliance Annual Awards Gala, one thing was clear: the semiconductor world is on the precipice of its most exciting chapter in decades — moving faster and smarter than ever. As the evening's Gift Sponsor, we were thrilled to honor this vision and celebrate alongside our colleagues — the founders, engineers, and leaders redefining what’s possible in semiconductor innovation. The conversations, momentum, and shared optimism all reflected a community on the cusp of extraordinary transformation. Here’s to that new chapter. 🚀 #ACI®
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We made a surprise appearance at AWS re:Invent this week. 👀 🔍 On the screen, behind AWS CEO Matt Garman, Cognichip was listed among this year’s most innovative startups. Our team, laser-focused and building in “heads-down mode,” was elated to find this shoutout on one of the biggest stages in cloud + AI. ⚡️ More soon, but for now, we are continuing to build the next greatest invention in chip design: Artificial Chip Intelligence (ACI®) 🚀
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We're thrilled to announce that Cognichip is an official Sponsor of the annual Global Semiconductor Alliance Awards celebration on December 4, 2025! 🎉 The GSA Awards honor the innovators and leaders advancing our industry, and we're excited to celebrate alongside the companies and individuals shaping the future of semiconductors. At Cognichip, we're building Artificial Chip Intelligence (ACI®) to transform chip design through physics-informed AI. We know that breakthrough innovation happens when bold ideas meet rigorous execution, and the GSA Awards exemplify this spirit. Congratulations to all the nominees and finalists—your achievements set the standard for what's possible and inspire the next generation of semiconductor innovation. See you on December 4th!
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What if chip innovation didn’t have to lag behind AI? Faraj Aalaei founder of Cognichip, explains how the same compute power that enabled GenAI can finally accelerate semiconductor design—an industry that today moves 6 to 7 years behind the applications it powers. 🎧 Listen now to episode #362 of AI and the Future of Work link in the comments #AI #FutureOfWork #Semiconductors #ChipDesign #Cognichip #FarajAalaei #ArtificialIntelligence #GenAI #Innovation #Technology
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Chip design takes years. That pace doesn’t match the speed of AI. On the AI and the Future of Work Podcast, Cognichip CEO Faraj Aalaei shared how ACI® cuts development time, reduces cost, and opens the field for greater innovation. The conversation also touched on: ➡️ Why chip cycles lag AI — and how that drives inefficiency ➡️ How AI can open chip design to smaller, distributed teams ➡️ How Cognichip cuts the time and cost holding innovation back Listen here: https://lnkd.in/g8JPSCYk