Barcelona – 15 December, 2025. Openchip, a European leader in semiconductor and AI systems technologies, announced today a significant expansion of its operations across Europe, reinforcing its long-term commitment to innovation, digital sovereignty and closer collaboration with customers and partners throughout the region.
Headquartered in Barcelona, Openchip has grown rapidly over the past two years, with more than 300 employees across sites in Spain, Italy, Poland, Belgium, France, Germany, and Ireland. Recognized by the European Commission as an Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI), the company integrates in-house designed, high-performance RISC-V–based accelerators and systems-on-chip (SoCs) with an innovative full-stack software platform. Together, these technologies are set to power the next generation of AI and supercomputing systems across Europe.
“Europe is at the forefront of technological transformation, and our expanding presence reflects Openchip’s commitment to supporting that evolution,” said Cesc Guim, CEO of Openchip. “By growing our teams in key talent hubs, we are strengthening proximity to our customers while attracting top engineering talent to build the next generation of scalable, secure and sustainable computing technologies.”
Openchip’s expansion aligns with its mission to deliver a full-stack hardware and software platform designed for the AI and HPC era while addressing Europe’s need for digital sovereignty in its performance, sustainability and digital autonomy. As computing demand grows exponentially and AI workloads evolve at unprecedented speed, the company aims to further invest in talent and infrastructure across Europe to help meet the region’s ambitions in microprocessor innovation, RISC-V leadership and next-generation AI systems.