Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders S11 E21: Raja Tabet & Synopsys: The Future of AI & How We Are Building It
Oct 14, 2025
Raja Tabet, Senior VP at Synopsys, leads the charge in integrating AI into electronic design automation. He shares the journey of transforming traditional chip design with generative and agentic AI, highlighting the challenges from rising chip complexity to engineer shortages. Raja discusses building the DSO.AI optimization tool and evolving it into intelligent assistant roles. He envisions a future with agent engineers revolutionizing workflows and emphasizes the importance of continuous learning and agility in tech. A must-listen for aspiring entrepreneurs!
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EDA Is Mission-Critical And Growingly Complex
- Synopsys treats EDA as mission-critical software that must scale with exponential design complexity.
- AI and automation are central to closing gaps in time-to-market, complexity, and engineer shortage.
Evolution From Optimization To Agentic Assistants
- Raja describes an AI product evolution from optimization engines to copilots and then to generative and agentic assistants.
- He traces DSO.AI and knowledge/workflow assistants as concrete steps in that progression.
Roadmaps Built From A Day-In-The-Life Lens
- Synopsys builds roadmap priorities by studying an engineer's day and identifying high-toil tasks to automate.
- They marry application complexity and new technology-node needs to decide what to automate next.
