Excited to share that ChipStack is joining Cadence! It’s been an incredible journey over the past two years, from a small idea about bringing AI to chip design, to building a world-class team… | Hamid Shojaei

Excited to share that ChipStack is joining Cadence! It’s been an incredible journey over the past two years, from a small idea about bringing AI to chip design, to building a world-class team, trusted by some of the biggest names in the industry, and now becoming part of Cadence. I’m deeply proud of what our team has accomplished. Together, we turned a bold vision into a product that’s reshaping chip design, proving that AI can truly accelerate the design cycle. Joining Cadence marks an exciting new chapter for us. With Cadence’s scale, reach, and deep technical expertise, we’ll be able to deliver our technology to thousands of engineers around the world faster than ever. Huge thanks to our amazing team, our customers, investors, and everyone who supported us on this journey, and to my co-founder Kartik Hegde, for being the perfect partner through every challenge and milestone. Onward and upward — the mission continues! 🔗 Cadence announcement: https://lnkd.in/g-8NpZPy 🔗 ChipStack blog: https://lnkd.in/gTceC6xu

Kartik Hegde

Thrilled to announce that ChipStack is joining Cadence! This partnership gives us significant momentum to deploy, scale, and bring our technology to thousands of engineers worldwide, backed by a world leader in EDA. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/g-8NpZPy ChipStack started 2 years ago with a mission to enable custom chip development in months, not years. Since then, we have built an exceptional team of 20+, a product that has accelerated verification by over 70%, and earned the trust of 10+ enterprise customers with their flagship chip projects. As ChipStack’s product adoption has grown, so has our ambition and vision. When the opportunity came to join Cadence, it was clear to us that this is the best way to take our product to a wider audience, while expanding the feature set even faster. To all our customers: nothing changes! Our roadmap will be accelerated, backed by Cadence's world-class support infrastructure and the quality the brand is known for. We are very thankful to everyone who supported us in this journey—our team, customers, investors, and the broader EDA community. Special thanks to my amazing co-founder, Hamid Shojaei; our investors, including Khosla Ventures (with Kanu Gulati leading our seed round), Cerberus Capital Management, Clear Ventures, and the AI2 Incubator, who believed in and incubated us; Rajeev Madhavan; Amir Salek; and our advisors, including Jacob Colker, Oren Etzioni, Bryan Hale, Vu Ha, John Sanguinetti, Sanjay Patel, and Mark Gottscho. And many others--we appreciate you. We are looking forward to working with Anirudh Devgan, Paul Cunningham, Ziyad Hanna, and other exceptional leaders at Cadence to bring ChipStack's technology to customers worldwide. The entire ChipStack team will join Cadence as part of this acquisition. Onwards and upwards! More details: https://lnkd.in/gTceC6xu