Synopsys gets OpenAI's help to build chip-design model

Synopsys launched GPT-Synopsys, a specialist chip-design AI model built with OpenAI, during its Investor Day on Wednesday as part of a revenue-sharing agreement. Synopsys CEO Sassine Ghazi said the model will help more companies develop silicon and "expand access to Synopsys' advanced design capabilities and the underlying, ground-truth engineering tools required to bring increasingly complex chips to market." GPT-Synopsys integrates with Synopsys' existing AI-powered design tools and runs on OpenAI-hosted infrastructure, while OpenAI pays to license Synopsys EDA tools to develop the model.

Synopsys has partnered with OpenAI to build a specialist chip design AI model and capture demand from AI developers looking to design their own high-performing chips at speed. The chip design software company launched GPT-Synopsys https://news.synopsys.com/2026-09-30-OpenAI-and-Synopsys-Announce-GPT-Synopsys-Frontier-Intelligence-to-Revolutionize-Chip-Design?ref=thestack.technology , designed to run its electronic design automation EDA tools, during an Investor Day on Wednesday, as part of a revenue-sharing agreement with OpenAI. Synopsys CEO Sassine Ghazi said the model will help more companies develop silicon and “expand access to Synopsys' advanced design capabilities and the underlying, ground-truth engineering tools required to bring increasingly complex chips to market.” GPT-Synopsys will be integrated with Synopsys’ existing AI-powered design tools and run on Open-AI hosted infrastructure. OpenAI, which recently launched its first custom AI chip https://www.thestack.technology/openai-broadcom-in-house-chip/ with Broadcom, will pay to license Synopsys EDA tools for use in development of the model.