Cognichip
Artificial Chip Intelligence (ACI) — physics-informed foundation AI model tailored for semiconductor chip design.
About
Cognichip builds Artificial Chip Intelligence (ACI), a physics-informed foundation AI model for semiconductor design. The company describes ACI as conversational and AI-first, aimed at cutting chip design effort and timelines.
Founded by Faraj Aalaei (Chairman & CEO, two prior IPOs as CEO, ex-AT&T Bell Labs), with co-founders Ehsan Kamalinejad (CTO, former AI lead at Amazon) and Simon Sabato (Chief Architect, former hardware lead at Google). Raised a $60M Series A in April 2026 led by Seligman Ventures, with SBI Investment, Mayfield, Lux Capital, FPV Ventures, and Candou Ventures. Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan sits on the board.
Based in Redwood City, California.