Openchip

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Openchip (Openchip & Software Technologies S.L.) is a Barcelona-based European semiconductor company designing high-performance RISC-V based accelerators, systems-on-chip and full-stack software for AI and high-performance computing. Founded in 2021 as an initiative of Catalan engineering group GTD and the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS), it is positioned as a European technological-sovereignty champion, selected by the European Commission as an IPCEI project and backed by Spain's Recovery Plan. It has raised over €200M in largely public/strategic capital — including €115.7M from Spain's SETT in June 2026 for a 16.5% stake — and partners with NEC, BSC and imec.

Founded

2021

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SectorsSemiconductors, Deeptech & Hardware, AI & Data, High-Performance Computing, RISC-V Start-up MapDeeptech & Hardware › Semiconductors, compute & AI infrastructure

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Founders

Francesc Guim

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

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Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS)

www.bsc.es ↗

Investor Spain

Generalitat de Catalunya

web.gencat.cat ↗

Investor Spain

GTD

www.gtd.eu ↗

Investor United States

Funding rounds

No announced rounds on record.

News 5

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2026-11-09	Revel raised €120M, Titan OS picked up $46M, data centre fear mongering (Dealflow.es #534) ↗ Dealflow.es 2026-11-09
2026-09-10	Spain's top-funded tech companies in H1 2026 ↗ Tech.eu 2026-09-10
2026-06-29	The Spanish government enters the shareholding of Openchip to boost the Catalan microchip project ↗ Ara (English edition) 2026-06-29
2026-06-29	Spain's Openchip lands €115 million SETT investment to strengthen Europe's semiconductor capabilities ↗ EU-Startups 2026-06-29
2026-06-09	The Government raises the loan to Openchip to €35M to maintain the Catalan microprocessor project ↗ Ara (English edition) 2026-06-09