ChipAgents Recognized as a 2026 Inc. Power Partner Award Winner
The annual Inc. Power Partner Awards recognizes B2B companies that provide essential services and expertise to help entrepreneurs and businesses grow.
Santa Clara, CA, October 20, 2026 – ChipAgents, the agentic AI platform for semiconductor design and verification, has been named a 2026 Inc. Power Partner Awards winner, recognizing the company among the leading B2B partners supporting entrepreneurs and businesses across the country.
The annual Inc. Power Partner Awards honor B2B companies that have demonstrated a track record of helping entrepreneurs and businesses navigate the challenges of building and growing a company. From hiring and compliance to technology, infrastructure, fundraising, marketing, and more, these partners provide expertise and services that enable businesses to operate, scale, and pursue their ambitions.
“Business owners have no shortage of tools at their disposal, and B2B companies need to make clear why their products and services are worth the investment,” says Bonny Ghosh, editorial director at Inc. “The companies on this year’s Power Partners list have done just that. They don’t just have customers – they have superfans and evangelists. Across industries like marketing, financial services, and technology, they’ve proved their dedication to helping fellow business owners grow and succeed.”
ChipAgents was recognized for helping semiconductor companies of every size bring chips to market faster. Founded in 2024, the company has deployed its agentic AI platform at more than 200 semiconductor companies. Its platform combines design context, domain-specialized models, and physics-aware agents to execute tasks, evaluate results, and guide iterations toward verified outcomes. Model- and tool-agnostic, the platform integrates with existing design environments and can run inside a customer’s firewall, helping teams accelerate chip design while retaining control of their design data.
“We've helped customers cut chip design cycles in half, from 18 months to nine,” said William Wang, CEO and Founder of ChipAgents. “The ChipAgents platform coordinates specialized agents across digital and analog flows to turn engineering intent into verified outcomes. Our model-agnostic, tool-agnostic approach gives engineering teams the freedom to use the best models, tools, and compute for their needs, bringing custom silicon to market faster and accelerating hardware innovation for physical AI.”
Customers report measurable gains. Most recently, eMemory reduced verification effort for NVM IP functional models by 80%, while Andes Technology shortened a processor customization task from 8.5 weeks to six. ChipAgents’ momentum reflects growing demand for AI that delivers measurable engineering results. As AI adoption grows, ChipAgents remains focused on expanding what AI can help engineering teams accomplish, giving companies of every size greater design productivity to develop differentiated products and bring them to market faster.
For more information on Inc.’s Power Partner Awards or to view the complete list of honorees, visit https://www.inc.com/power-partner-awards.
About ChipAgents
ChipAgents is an Agentic AI platform that transforms specifications and code into production-ready RTL, verification assets, and automated root-cause analysis, dramatically shortening design and verification cycles. Founded in 2024, the company brings autonomous AI Agents into production semiconductor workflows, serving both design and verification engineers and embedded systems teams at leading semiconductor companies worldwide. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. For more information, visit chipagents.ai.
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