awesome-semiconductor-startups

A curated list of awesome semiconductor startups.

• Alphabetical
• Requirements
  • startup (ie not steady state)
  • semi company (ie not application software)
  • product company (ie. not services)
• Optional, include year of founding in parentheses
• Up to 3 bullets per company (confirmed company reps only)
• All entries must be confirmed with public link
• Max 80 char line width

Active

• Accelercom
  • Advanced L1 Physical layer for high-performance networks
• Agile Analog
  • Automating the design of analog circuitry
• Aistorm
  • Charge domain based AI processing
• Alif Semiconductor
  • Integrated SoC for AI at the edge
• Alpha ICs
• Ampere Computing
  • Cloud native manycore CPUs.
• Analog Inference
  • Analog in-memory AI inference accelerators
• Andapt
  • Programmabale power management ICs
• Anari
• Arbe
  • Sensor processing solutions
• Aspinity
• Astera Labs
• Atmosic
• Axelera
• Ayar Labs
• Blaize
• Blue Cheetah
• Blue Ocean Smart System
• Bluespec
  • RISC-V CPU IP, System IP and System Development Tools
• BrainChip
• Cambricon
• Celera (2018)
  • Fully-automated analog/mixed-signal IC development tool.
• Celestial AI
• Celtro
• Cerebras
• Ceremorphic
• Cerfe Labs
• Cellium
• Chipflow (2021)
  • Helping product companies to make their own chips
• Chipletz
• Codasip (2014)
  • Supplier of RISC-V IP core.
• Cornelis Networks
• Cornami
• d-Matrix
• Diakopto
• EdgeCortix
• Efabless
• Efinix
• [EnCharge AI] (https://enchargeai.com/)
• Eridan (2013)
  • Creating a power-efficient GaN-based RF Front End Module for wireless telecommunications.
• Esperanto
• Eliyan
• Eta Compute
• Ethernovia
  • In vehicle networking
• eTopus
• Exo Imaging
• Ferric
• Flex Logix
• FMC
• Fungible
• Furiosa
• GaN Systems
• Genapsys
• Gowin
• Graphcore
• GrAI Matter Labs
• Greenwaves
  • Low power SoCs for edge/IoT/AI
• Groq
  • AI processors
• Gyrfalcon
• Hailo
• HawAI.tech
• Horizon Robotics
• InCore Semi
• Innatera
• Innoviz
• Jeejio (2018)
  • AI-based processors and intelligent OS for IoT-enabled devices.
• Jeeva Wireless
• Kalray
• Kameleon
• Kandou
• Kepler Computing (2018)
• Kneron
• Lightelligence
• Ligthmatter
• Lighton
• Luminous Computing
• Master Micro
• Minima
• Mobix Labs (2020)
  • Developing RF and mixed-signal ICs for mmWave 5G.
• Movellus
• Morse Micro
• Mythic
• Neuchips
• Neureality
• NeuroBlade
• NextSilicon
• Novelda
  • Wireless low-power ultra wideband for high resolution impulse radar
• Novumind
• Nyriad
• Occuli
• Ozark Integrated Circuits
• ProteanTecs
• Pensando
• Perceive
• Picocom
• Pliops
• PQShield
  • Hardware co-processors and sub-systems for Post-quantum Cryptography.
• PragmatiC
• proteanTecs
• Forefrontrf
  • RF front end technology company for wirless communication
• Qadric
• Rain Neuromorphics
• Ramon Space
• RapidSilicon
• Recogni
• Rivos
• RoboSense
• Salience Labs
• Scintil
  • Augmented silicon photonics with integrated lasers
• SensiEDGE
• SambaNova Systems
• Semifive
• SiFive (2015)
• SiMa.ai
• SiPearl
• Skycore Semiconductors
  • Next Generation Power Semiconductors
• Spark Micro
• Speedata
• StarFive (2018)
  • Customizable RISC-V processor core IP and agile chip design platform.
• SWIR Vision Systems (2018)
• Syntiant
• Tachyum
• Tensil.ai
• Tenstorrent
• Teramount
• Tetramem
• TriEye
• Upmem
• Vayyar
• Ventana Micro
• Unifabrix
• Unthether AI
• Usound
  • High-performance silicon speakers and sound solutions based on MEMS technology
• Wavious
• Xsight Labs
• Zendar
• Zero ASIC (2020)
  • Removing the barrrier to custom silicon.

Alumni

Company	Exit	Value	Year
Acacia	IPO	$1B	2016
Agnilux	Google	N/A	2010
Alphawave	IPO	$4.3B	2021
Altair Semiconductor	Sony	$212M	2016
Ambric	Shutdown	$0	2008
Anobit	Apple	$500M	2012
Annapurna Labs	Amazon	$375M	2015
Aquantia	Marvell	$452M	2019
Banias	Alphawave	$240M	2022
Calxeda	Shutdown	$0	2013
Espressif	IPO	$1.8B	2017
Habana Labs	Intel	$2B	2019
Indie Semiconductor	SPAC	$1.4B	2020
Innovium	Marvell	$1.1B	2021
Mathstar	Shutdown	$0	2008
MixComm	Sivers	$155M	2021
Movidius	Intel	$400M	2016
Nervana	Intel	$350M	2016
Nuvia	Qualcomm	$1.4B	2021
PA Semi	Apple	$278M	2009
PrimeSense	Apple	$350M	2013
Provigent	Broadcom	$360M	2011
SiCortex	Shutdown	$0	2009
Soft Machines	Intel	$250M	2016
Stream Processors	Shutdown	$0	2009
Tabula	Shutdown	$0	2015