NVIDIA announced Monday it has purchased $2 billion of Synopsys common stock at $414.79 per share as part of a multi-year strategic partnership aimed at revolutionizing chip design and engineering workflows through artificial intelligence and accelerated computing. Synopsys shares surged approximately 7% in premarket trading following the announcement, while NVIDIA stock declined nearly 2%.
The collaboration will integrate NVIDIA’s CUDA-X libraries, AI technologies, and Omniverse digital twin platform with Synopsys’ market-leading electronic design automation tools. The partnership targets significant engineering challenges including workflow complexity, escalating development costs, and time-to-market pressures across semiconductors, aerospace, automotive, and other industries.
Accelerating Design Through GPU Computing#
The companies will focus on several key initiatives: accelerating Synopsys’ compute-intensive applications for chip design, physical verification, and molecular simulations using NVIDIA’s GPU acceleration, and integrating Synopsys’ AgentEngineer technology with NVIDIA’s agentic AI stack—including NIM microservices and NeMo Agent Toolkit—to enable autonomous design capabilities.
“CUDA GPU-accelerated computing is revolutionizing design—enabling simulation at unprecedented speed and scale, from atoms to transistors, from chips to complete systems, creating fully functional digital twins inside the computer,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA.
Synopsys CEO Sassine Ghazi emphasized the strategic fit: “No two companies are better positioned to deliver AI-powered, holistic system design solutions than Synopsys and NVIDIA. Together we will re-engineer engineering.”
Part of Broader Investment Strategy#
The investment continues NVIDIA’s pattern of strategic equity stakes in AI ecosystem partners. Earlier in 2025, NVIDIA announced potential investments of up to $100 billion in OpenAI for AI infrastructure deployment, $5 billion in Intel for custom chip design collaboration, and $1 billion in Nokia for 6G development.
Both companies emphasized the partnership remains non-exclusive, allowing continued collaboration with the broader semiconductor and electronic design automation ecosystem. The companies plan joint go-to-market initiatives leveraging Synopsys’ global sales network to drive adoption of GPU-accelerated engineering solutions.