AI needs Synopsys's expertise
"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."
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"AI models are increasingly more capable of harm, but also capable of a lot of good."
Snowflake Computing CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy says he is "optimistic about our future with AI," adding that firms have "great incentives" to ensure the technology is safe