ChipAgents is revolutionizing chip design with agentic-AI workflows and the industry’s first domain specific LLM for chip design, Renoir. Founded by experts in AI and semiconductor design, we partner with top-10 semiconductor companies, hyperscalers, and cutting-edge startups. Our platform accelerates RTL development, functional verification, and formal verification, unlocking new levels of productivity and design quality.
Role OverviewWe are looking for a Strategic Partnerships Manager to build and own the external relationships that power ChipAgents' growth. This role sits at the intersection of our product, R&D, and go-to-market efforts, translating our platform's needs for compute, data, foundry access, and strategic customer relationships into concrete partnerships with the companies that make our roadmap possible. You'll play a central role in building the network of strategic relationships that lets ChipAgents scale as both a product and a category defining platform.
Key ResponsibilitiesManage strategic relationships with cloud providers, including driving co-selling motion and providing strategic inputs to product architecture choices
Manage strategic relationships with semiconductor foundries to ensure support for R&D and productization efforts at advanced nodes
Identify and manage relationships with data and compute providers to advance model training efforts
Structure complex, multithreaded agreements with lighthouse customers that cover commercial, investment, and product co-development terms
Work closely with product and R&D to identify partnership opportunities that enhance ChipAgents' product suite, lending strategic support to build versus partner decisions
5–7 years of experience in partnerships or growth strategy at AI-native companies, consulting, venture capital, or private equity
Strong track record building and managing strategic relationships with large technical organizations (cloud providers, foundries, or similar)
Comfort structuring and negotiating complex partnership agreements with technical, commercial, and executive stakeholders
Strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to translate technical needs into partnership strategy
Ability to work cross-functionally with product, R&D, and go-to-market teams in a fast-moving environment
Experience with semiconductor foundries or hardware design workflows
Experience structuring partnerships involving compute or data access for AI model training
Background in the semiconductor or EDA industry
Existing relationships with cloud providers, hyperscalers, or foundries
Why ChipAgents
Build the partnership infrastructure for a category-defining AI platform at the intersection of the two biggest technology waves of the decade, AI and semiconductors.
Own strategic partnerships from the ground up at an early-stage company, not inherit a playbook inside a large, established partnerships org.
Work alongside a world-class technical team and an advisory board of EDA legends, with real product, real customers, and real scale already in production.
ChipAgents is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds.
What We Offer$175k - 225K base salary + equity. Open to above-scale compensation for exceptional candidates.
Unlimited PTO and full benefits (medical, vision, dental, 401k).
Two engineering-centric offices with free parking, private gym, and free lunch, drinks and snacks.
Skills Required
- 5-7 years of experience in partnerships or growth strategy at AI-native companies, consulting, venture capital, or private equity
- Strong track record building and managing strategic relationships with large technical organizations such as cloud providers or semiconductor foundries
- Experience structuring and negotiating complex partnership agreements with technical, commercial, and executive stakeholders
- Strong analytical and communication skills, including translating technical needs into partnership strategy
- Ability to work cross-functionally with product, R&D, and go-to-market teams in a fast-moving environment
- Experience with semiconductor foundries or hardware design workflows
- Experience structuring partnerships involving compute or data access for AI model training
- Background in the semiconductor or EDA industry
- Existing relationships with cloud providers, hyperscalers, or foundries
What We Do
ChipAgents is revolutionizing the chip design and verification process with agentic AI tools tailored for the semiconductor industry. Our flagship product, ChipAgents, leverages advanced AI agents to streamline and enhance the design, debugging, and verification of RTL (Register Transfer Level) code, accelerating time-to-market for chip developers. We are committed to empowering hardware design and verification engineers by providing cutting-edge solutions that improve efficiency, scalability, and accuracy in chip development. Based in Santa Barbara, CA, Alpha Design AI is at the forefront of AI innovation in electronic design automation (EDA).
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