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EDA Startups At DAC 2025

New challenges and opportunities, many involving AI, spur the launch of new EDA startups.

Baya Systems: Moving Data Faster

Taking aim at AI bottlenecks based on NoC technology developed by NetSpeed Systems.

Startup Funding: Q1 2025

AI chips and data center communications see big funding; 75 startups raise $2 billion.

Startup Funding: Q4 2024

AI chips and interconnects end year on high note; $3 billion for 75 companies.

Startup Funding: Q3 2024

New startups emerge from stealth; 75 companies raise $2 billion.

Startup Funding: Q2 2024

Big rounds for AI chips; 91 startups raise $2.6 billion.

Startup Funding: March 2024

Investors connect with interconnects; $1.1 billion for 39 companies.

Startup Funding: February 2024

Power electronics, data center interconnects among 49 startups that raised $800 million.

Startup Funding: January 2024

Chiplet packaging, AI, and quantum draw investment; 20 startups raise nearly $840 million.

Startup Funding: December 2023

Funding boosts photonics for AI, flexible chips; $1.3 billion for 72 companies.

Trendspotting: Automotive IC Startup Funding In 2023

Who's investing in automotive chip startups, where it's happening, and what's driving it.

Startup Funding: November 2023

Big month for quantum computing; 59 companies raise $1.7 billion.

Startup Funding: September 2023

Data center I/O, AI accelerators; nanostructures split in half; automotive full-stack driverless vehicle platforms; SPM for 3D surface measurements.

Startup Funding: August 2023

Investors funnel $4.2 billion into startups; AI hardware, automotive draw the most attention.

Startup Funding: July 2023

Investors pump $2.8B into 123 companies. Topping the list are photonic chips and a foundry to build them, and silicon qubits.

Startup Funding: June 2023

Silicon carbide, RISC-V, and optical interconnects win funding; 143 companies raise $3.5 billion.

Startup Funding: May 2023

Photonics, sustainability, and AI chips draw investment; 157 companies raised over $2.4 billion.

Startup Funding: April 2023

Packaging and inspection companies draw funding; 124 startups raise over $2.3 billion.

Startup Funding: March 2023

AI in the sensor, photonic packaging, freight ADAS funding; 123 startups raise $1.2B.

China Chip Industry Startup Funding Annual Report & Analysis: 2022

More than 700 chip industry-related companies raised $19B across 821 funding rounds in 2022. (Premium Content)


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