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Synopsys Inc and Arago — two companies operating at the forefront of semiconductor innovation — today announce a collaboration to deliver a fundamentally new class of AI inference processors. Arago has achieved a breakthrough at the intersection of optics and digital processing, overcoming the thermodynamic limits that constrain today’s most powerful AI processors and the expansion of AI infrastructure. This hybrid technology represents a major leap in what is physically achievable in AI compute and is designed to power the next era of agentic AI. Synopsys is excited to support Arago’s vision as the company’s strategic IP provider, contributing its industry-leading advanced IP portfolio to Arago’s next-generation high-throughput processor roadmap. This collaboration reflects Synopsys’ commitment to empowering the world’s most innovative chip designers and ensuring advanced IP is available to enable the new physics shaping the future of compute.

Today, we're announcing a landmark milestone for Arago and the semiconductor industry: the successful production of the world's first digital-optical AI chip in standard silicon. Arago's day-zero thesis was that by 2030, AI will be integrated into every industry, every product, and every job. Entire economies will be built on AI, and end users will access it just as they do the internet. Our vision has become consensus but the infrastructure to deliver it hasn't. That infrastructure is what we're building. When it comes to manipulating data at enormous scale, light wins. This is why our entire global infrastructure runs on fiber optics. We borrow from this principle by fusing semiconductor reliability with light speed to power the agentic era. We're grateful to our partners, Cadence and GlobalFoundries, with whom we will continue to deepen our work. Read the full story in Sifted: https://lnkd.in/g_nY2wMf

Big milestones, new memories, hello Lisbon! Few weeks ago we touched down in Portugal for Arago’s second offsite – a special moment to celebrate our wins, reflect on how far we’ve come, and gear up for what’s next. BBQ, spikeball tournaments, and walks along the coast were on the agenda. Spooky how fast the team has grown! If you’d like to be part of chapter 3, check out our careers page! 👋

Arago is proud to join Sifted’s Rising AI 100 for 2025, recognising Europe’s most promising AI companies. As the youngest hardware company on the list, this acknowledgement reflects the pace and pragmatism of the engineering work that our team delivers every day. See the full list here: https://lnkd.in/eqsjxeBt