OpenAI and Synopsys Announce GPT-Synopsys: Frontier Intelligence to Revolutionize Chip Design

OpenAI and Synopsys Announce GPT-Synopsys: Frontier Intelligence to Revolutionize Chip Design

Companies form strategic partnership to dramatically advance and accelerate semiconductor innovation

News Highlights:

• Companies sign multi-year agreement to collaborate as preferred partners to develop and deliver GPT-Synopsys, a specialized model for chip design that brings together OpenAI's frontier AI with Synopsys' trusted EDA tools and chip design expertise
• OpenAI to license Synopsys' trusted electronic design automation (EDA) tools for development of the specialized model
• Synopsys & OpenAI to closely collaborate on R&D and joint go-to-market initiatives with a shared revenue framework

SAN FRANCISCO and SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Synopsys (Nasdaq: SNPS) and OpenAI today announced a strategic partnership that brings together OpenAI's advanced AI capabilities with Synopsys' industry-leading EDA tools and agentic AI capabilities to revolutionize the design of semiconductors. The companies signed an expansive, multi-year agreement to jointly develop GPT-Synopsys, a specialized model, optimized to use Synopsys EDA tools to perform semiconductor design workflows. The agreement includes a revenue sharing arrangement and go-to-market collaboration to jointly make GPT-Synopsys available to customers worldwide.