Cognichip

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…

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Cognichip

ACIAI-firstArtificial IntelligenceChip DesignDeep TechGenerative AISemiconductorcognichip.ai

HQRedwood City, US

Team Size73

Open Jobs36

Total Funding$93M

Latest Fundraise3 months ago

TL;DR

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

Company Overview

Problem Domain

Semiconductor chip design automation and optimization using generative and physics-informed AI.

Founded

2024

Industry

DeepTech

Tech Stack

Cloudflare

CDN

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SSL/HSTS

Mobile compatible

Funding Track Record

Seed- 2025-05-15

$33M

Emergence from stealth with $33M seed

Series A- 2026-04-01

$60M

Participation from Lip-Bu Tan; Umesh Padval (Seligman) and Lip-Bu Tan join board

Investor Signal

“Includes venture firms with domain-focused deep-tech investors and participation from industry executive Lip-Bu Tan”

Join the Team

Staff Software Engineer, Developer Tooling

On-SiteToronto, Ontario, CA

On-Site • Toronto, Ontario, CA

Job Summary:

We are seeking an experienced software engineer with expertise in desktop application

development (especially Electron/VS Code extensions) to join our IDE team. Unlike traditional

web roles, this position focuses on developing and extending a VS Code–based IDE, creating

deep integrations with AI, collaborative editing features, and advanced visualizations tailored for

semiconductor design workflows.

Key Responsibilities:

● Design, implement, and maintain VS Code extensions and Electron-based IDE features

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Full-time • San Francisco, US

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for the Cognichip platform.

● Develop advanced IDE features such as AI-assisted coding, linting, collaborative editing,

syntax highlighting, and domain-specific visualizations.

● Integrate the IDE with backend microservices and APIs, ensuring seamless performance

across distributed environments.

● Build and optimize cross-platform desktop experiences (Windows, macOS, Linux).

● Collaborate closely with designers to implement polished, intuitive UI/UX patterns inside

● Contribute to performance profiling, debugging, and optimizations to ensure a

responsive and reliable user experience.

Required Qualifications:

● 6+ years of software engineering experience, with 4+ years in desktop application

development (Electron, VS Code extensions, or similar IDE frameworks).

● Strong proficiency in TypeScript, JavaScript, React, and ES6+.

● Experience developing VS Code extensions or other plugin-based IDE architectures.

● Solid understanding of state management (e.g., Redux, Zustand) and component-driven

● Knowledge of cross-platform application design (Windows, macOS, Linux).

● Familiarity with performance profiling and optimization in IDE or desktop applications.

● Experience with version control and CI/CD workflows (GitHub, Jenkins, etc.).

Cognichip

Cognichip

TL;DR

Company Overview

Problem Domain

Founded

Industry

Tech Stack

Funding Track Record

Investor Signal

Founders

What we do

Join the Team

Staff Software Engineer, Developer Tooling

Startup jobs. A lot of them.

Technical Writer

Software Engineer

Backend Developer

Product Designer

Mobile Developer

Technical Writer

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