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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Ricursive Intelligence’s Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini on AI Designing Hardware

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Ricursive Intelligence is developing AI that can design chips, aiming to reduce the design cycle from two to three years to a matter of weeks. Co-founders Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini will discuss the potential of AI in chip design at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, highlighting the feedback loop between AI and hardware development.

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The startup aims to automate and accelerate chip design processes, which traditionally take years, by leveraging AI's learning capabilities.

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Ricursive Intelligence raised $335 million at a $4 billion valuation within four months of launching.

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Goldie and Mirhoseini previously co-led AlphaChip at Google, which could generate chip layouts in hours.

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The design of a chip currently takes two to three years.

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Ricursive Intelligence aims to reduce chip design time to weeks.

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