Shanghai AI Lab founder Li Linyang secured tens of millions of yuan in first-round financing.

Chip design services are reaching an AI inflection point. A domestic startup Novasilicon has taken the lead, recently completing its first round of financing with an exclusive investment of tens of millions of yuan from Wuyuan Capital. Unlike traditional Design Houses, Novasilicon believes that AI is no longer just a tool. "We hope to start from the big model itself and rethink chip design," founder and CEO Li Linyang told Leiphone. To truly achieve this vision, it is not enough to only understand AI or chip design.