With new funding, Astrus prepares to automate one of the biggest bottlenecks in chip design Astrus, a Khosla-backed startup, has raised new funding to automate analog chip design using reinforcement learning, targeting one of the biggest bottlenecks in chip design. The post With new funding, Astrus prepares to automate one of the biggest bottlenecks in chip design first appeared on BetaKit. Khosla-backed startup uses reinforcement learning to tackle analog design problems. The post With new funding, Astrus prepares to automate one of the biggest bottlenecks in chip design first appeared on BetaKit.