
Cognichip is an AI-first company revolutionizing semiconductor design with its Artificial Chip Intelligence (ACI)® platform. ACI® is the world's first physics-informed foundation AI model tailored…

Cognichip is an AI-first company revolutionizing semiconductor design with its Artificial Chip Intelligence (ACI)® platform. ACI® is the world's first physics-informed foundation AI model tailored…
Founded: 2024
Mission: Use AI (ACI®) to radically speed and reduce effort in chip design
Total disclosed funding: $93M
Recent round: $60M Series A led by Seligman Ventures (Apr 1, 2026)
Headcount (reported): 73
Semiconductor chip design automation and optimization using generative and physics-informed AI.
2024
DeepTech
$33M
Emergence from stealth with $33M seed
$60M
Participation from Lip-Bu Tan; Umesh Padval (Seligman) and Lip-Bu Tan join board
“Includes venture firms with domain-focused deep-tech investors and participation from industry executive Lip-Bu Tan”
Job Title Scientist AI & Chip Design Engineer
Scientist | AI & Chip Design We’re hiring teammates at the intersection of AI/ML and chip design—people who love building, move fast, and care about doing excellent work.
About The Role You’ll work at the boundary between our AI and hardware efforts to build systems that make chip design workflows better. You will:
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Locations: Bay Area (US) and Toronto (Canada)
Work style: In-person (both offices have a vibrant, builder-heavy culture)
About You You have baseline knowledge in both domains:
And you have deep strength in at least one of:
You’re Collaborative, Take Initiative, And Can Lead When Needed. We Care That You’ve Shown You Can Do Exceptional Work. Examples
We love building. We want people who are passionate about their craft. We value a talent-to-ego ratio > 1.
About Us You’ll join a highly collaborative team working on a difficult, exciting problem. Collectively, our team has:
If you’re excited to tackle hard problems and build real systems, let’s connect.