Nvidia Bought a $2 Billion Stake in Synopsys

Nvidia bought $2 billion in common stock of design software maker Synopsys. The deal is a part of a multi-year strategic partnership to accelerate AI and compute capabilities.

Nvidia stated it purchased Synopsys’ stock at $414.79 per share to address increasing workflow complexity, rising development costs, and time-to-market pressures. US-based Synopsys will tap into Nvidia’s CUDA-X libraries and AI physics technologies to further accelerate and optimise its applications, including chip design, molecular simulations, and optical simulation.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang stated that CUDA GPU-accelerated computing is revolutionising design while enabling unprecedented simulation speed and scale to create digital twins inside computers to help engineers invent future products. The companies are integrating Synopsys AgentEngineer technology with the chipmaker’s agentic AI stack to enable autonomous design capabilities for electronic design automation and simulation workflows.

They will also develop joint marketing and sales efforts to drive adoption across industries. They stated the partnership is not exclusive, as both companies will continue collaborating with the broader semiconductor and electronic design automation ecosystem to foster shared growth opportunities.