Architect Labs Raises $24M to AI-Automate Chip Design

Architect Labs launched today with $24 million in seed funding led by Kindred Ventures, with backing from Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas, Transformer co-inventor Lukasz Kaiser, and former OpenAI executive Srinivas Narayanan. The Palo Alto startup aims to make chip development faster and cheaper using AI. Architect's platform automates manual tasks across the chip design workflow, including RTL design generation and verification. The company targets not only traditional chipmakers but also AI model developers, robotics startups, and neocloud operators. Funds will go toward computing infrastructure and research.