Nvidia said Monday it purchased $2 billion worth of Synopsys common stock, marking a major step in a new multi-year partnership focused on supercharging AI engineering and compute-heavy design tools. The chipmaker bought the shares at $414.79 each, tying financial commitment to joint technology ambitions.
The deal aims to accelerate compute-intensive engineering software, enhance agentic AI development, expand cloud access and create new go-to-market plans, according to both companies.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said, “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.” The remark underlines Nvidia’s push to widen the use of its GPUs beyond AI model training into advanced design automation.
The company remains a dominant winner of the global AI boom as demand for GPUs continues to surge across industries building large-scale AI systems.
Synopsys stock rose about 7% in premarket trading, while Nvidia slipped around 1%, reflecting the near-term investor reaction to the equity purchase. The software provider, known for silicon design and electronic design automation tools, stands to gain additional computational power to improve its AI-powered engineering platforms.
Synopsys CEO Sassine Ghazi said, “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.” The partnership is non-exclusive, meaning both firms remain open to other collaborations.
Both companies plan to hold a joint press conference at 10 a.m. ET to outline how the collaboration will roll out across AI engineering, semiconductor design, and advanced computing.