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Cast RTL onto a running FPGA prototype — ACI automates the full design-to-hardware workflow.

Go from requirements to optimized RTL with ACI — the fastest path from concept to silicon.

Ingest, analyze, and evolve existing chip designs with ACI-powered precision.

Explore the PPA frontier and find optimal design points with ACI-powered optimization.

What happens when more than 220+ students across three continents are given AI-powered chip design tools and told to build real hardware in just over ten days?

For 61 intense hours, 12 teams of Cognichip engineers came together for our first-ever internal hackathon. The mission: push the boundaries of AI-enabled chip design using our ACI platform.

Last week at the EETimes Chiplet Conference, I showed the audience Seascape, a fully procedural sea surface computing application.

Security isn't a feature you bolt on later—it's a foundation you build from the start. At Cognichip, we understood this from day one, embedding security into every layer of our platform, processes, and culture.

Join our team and take the journey with us. Explore open positions at Cognichip.

Ehsan Kamalinejad, Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer at Cognichip. Ehsan is the co-founder and CTO of Cognichip, where he leads the development of physics-informed foundational models for chip design. His journey spans academia and industry, beginning with a PhD in Applied Mathematics from the University of Toronto, followed by a postdoctoral research in Machine Learning at UCLA/UCR, and achieving tenure as an Associate Professor at Cal State East Bay.

Faraj Aalaei, Founder, Chairman & CEO at Cognichip. Faraj Aalaei is a successful visionary entrepreneur with over 40 years of distinguished experience in communications and networking technologies. As a leading entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, Faraj was responsible for building and leading two semiconductor companies through IPOs as a founder and CEO. Post acquisition of Aquantia by Marvell Technology, Faraj was responsible for Marvell's billion-dollar Networking and Automotive segment. Prior to

Mehdi Daneshpanah, Founding SVP of Engineering at Cognichip. Mehdi is a distinguished technology leader with over 15 years of expertise in enterprise software, artificial intelligence, and high-performance computing. As Founding SVP of Engineering at Cognichip, he spearheads the development of an innovative AI-powered SaaS platform that revolutionizes semiconductor design workflows.

Simon Sabato, Co-founder & Chief Architect at Cognichip. Simon Sabato serves as Chief Architect at Cognichip, bringing over two decades of distinguished expertise in chip design, system architecture, and product strategy. A technology innovator with 12 granted patents, his technical contributions encompass FPGA-based accelerators, ASIC architecture, high-speed networking, and advanced error-correcting techniques.

A scaling crisis in chip design. Learn how ACI brings a new scaling factor to semiconductors.

Announcing ACI™ Enterprise — the industry's first full-stack intelligence infrastructure for chip design, built on physics-informed foundation models purpose-built for chip design.

Announcing ACI™ Enterprise — the industry's first full-stack intelligence infrastructure for chip design, built on physics-informed foundation models purpose-built for chip design.

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Cognichip announced its ACI Enterprise chip design platform.

Sep 2026 · CognichipNews article

Cognichip announced SOC 2 Type II compliance.

Jun 2026 · CognichipNews article

Cognichip says it is included in Fast Company’s 2026 list of innovative companies. The text provides no further details about the recognition.

Mar 2026 · CognichipNews article

Cognichip announced Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani as a scientific advisor.

Aug 2025 · CognichipNews article