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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
Founders
1
News
1
Rounds
1
Investors
4
SectorsSemiconductors, Deeptech & Hardware, AI & Data, High-Performance Computing, RISC-V Start-up MapDeeptech & Hardware › Semiconductors, compute & AI infrastructure

Profile updated 31 Aug 2026

Founders

Francesc Guim
Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Global models

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Investors 4

Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS)
Investor Spain
Generalitat de Catalunya
Investor Spain
Investor United States
Sociedad Española para la Transformación Tecnológica (SETT)
sett.gob.es
Investor Spain

Funding rounds 1

Other · €115M
RISC-V AI/HPC chip designer landed a €115M SETT equity investment (authorized June 29, after a €35M bridge converted to a 5% stake at ~€700M…
2026-06-29

News & media 1

PublishedArticle
2026-09-10 Spain's top-funded tech companies in H1 2026 ↗
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