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AI is eating chip design. Cognichip raised $60M Series A for physics-informed AI in semiconductor design. Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan joins the board. The metrics: - $60M Series A (oversubscribed) - $93M total funding - All seed investors participated above pro rata - $1B+ TAM in design automation Why it matters: Chip design cycles are the bottleneck. If AI compresses months to weeks, every hardware startup wins. This is infrastructure. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260401581076/en/Seligman-Ventures-Leads-Cognichips-%2460M-Series-A-to-Back-Physics-Informed-AI-for-Chip-Design-Intel-CEO-Lip-Bu-Tan-and-Seligman-Ventures-Umesh-Padval-Join-the-Board #AI#Funding Brewed by Startup Beaker.