Nvidia invests $2 billion in Synopsys for AI engineering partnership

Nvidia has announced that it has partnered with Synopsys and has made an investment, revealing it has purchased $2 billion worth of chip designer’s common stock to accelerate computing and artificial intelligence (AI) engineering solutions. Nvidia acquired Synopsys stock at a price of $414.79 per share. This multi-year partnership is designed to blend Nvidia's dominance in AI hardware with Synopsys’ expertise in silicon design and electronic design automation (EDA). According to the companies, the core goals of the collaboration include:Accelerating compute: Nvidia will assist Synopsys in speeding up its portfolio of compute-intensive applications.Advancing Agentic AI: The partnership will focus on developing and advancing “agentic AI engineering,” which involves using AI to automate complex design and engineering tasks.Cloud expansion: The companies plan to expand cloud access for joint solutions and develop joint go-to-market initiatives, according to the announcement.Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang highlighted the transformative potential of the collaboration. “Our partnership with Synopsys harnesses the power of Nvidia accelerated computing and AI to reimagine engineering and design—empowering engineers to invent the extraordinary products that will shape our future,” Huang said.Meanwhile, Synopsys, whose electronic design automation solutions are critical for companies building AI-powered products, sees the deal as a response to the rapidly increasing complexity of modern systems.“The complexity and cost of developing next-generation intelligent systems demands engineering solutions with a deeper integration of electronics and physics, accelerated by AI capabilities and compute,” said Synopsys CEO Sassine Ghazi.Both companies confirmed the partnership is non-exclusive, meaning they retain the flexibility to collaborate with other companies in the tech ecosystem.