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Cognichip

Cognichip is an AI-first semiconductor company revolutionizing the way chips are designed. Its core technology, Artificial Chip Intelligence (ACI), is built on what the company describes as the world's first physics-informed foundation AI model tailored for chip design, positioning ACI as a new scaling factor for semiconductors. ACI aims to understand, learn, and solve chip design problems with designer-level cognitive abilities, reducing design effort by roughly 75% and cutting completion time in half to address the industry bottleneck where chip development can take three to five years. Founded by semiconductor and AI veterans including CEO Faraj Aalaei and CTO Ehsan Kamalinejad, the company is backed by Lux Capital, Mayfield, and Seligman Ventures, has Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan on its board, and was named to Fast Company's World's Most Innovative Companies of 2026. Added to the API Evangelist network and enriched by the pipeline; the company publishes a marketing and corporate presence today with no public developer or API surface.

Cognichip is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Semiconductors, Artificial Intelligence, Chip Design, and EDA.

Cognichip’s developer surface includes engineering blog, signup flow, and 8 more developer resources.

12.3/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
0 APIs
CompanySemiconductorsArtificial IntelligenceChip DesignEDAFoundation ModelsMachine-Learning

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Cognichip Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Access & Security 1

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Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 6

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: cognichip
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/cognichip.png
name: Cognichip
description: Cognichip is an AI-first semiconductor company revolutionizing the way chips are designed. Its core technology,
  Artificial Chip Intelligence (ACI), is built on what the company describes as the world's first physics-informed foundation
  AI model tailored for chip design, positioning ACI as a new scaling factor for semiconductors. ACI aims to understand, learn,
  and solve chip design problems with designer-level cognitive abilities, reducing design effort by roughly 75% and cutting
  completion time in half to address the industry bottleneck where chip development can take three to five years. Founded
  by semiconductor and AI veterans including CEO Faraj Aalaei and CTO Ehsan Kamalinejad, the company is backed by Lux Capital,
  Mayfield, and Seligman Ventures, has Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan on its board, and was named to Fast Company's World's Most Innovative
  Companies of 2026. Added to the API Evangelist network and enriched by the pipeline; the company publishes a marketing and
  corporate presence today with no public developer or API surface.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cognichip/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- lux-capital
- mayfield
- seligman-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Semiconductors
- Artificial Intelligence
- Chip Design
- EDA
- Foundation Models
- Machine-Learning
tags_raw:
- Company
- Semiconductors
- Artificial Intelligence
- Chip Design
- EDA
- Foundation Models
- Machine Learning
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://cognichip.ai
- type: About
  url: https://cognichip.ai/about
- type: Blog
  url: https://cognichip.ai/news
- type: SignUp
  url: https://cognichip.ai/sign-up
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://cognichip.ai/privacy-policy
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://cognichip.ai/term-of-use
- type: Careers
  url: https://cognichip.ai/careers
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cognichip/
- type: Twitter
  url: https://x.com/Cognichip
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/cognichip-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence

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