Baya Systems, experts in system IP technology for intelligent compute acceleration, has raised $36+ million in Series B funding to advance the development and deployment of its software-driven system IP technology for SoC designs and chiplet-based architectures.
This investment, led by Maverick Silicon, and with participation from Synopsys, Matrix Partners, and Intel Capital, will support Baya’s operational growth, by accelerating R&D and deployment efforts for its system IP technology portfolio in SoC designs and the emerging chiplet economy.
Scaling AI and Compute Infrastructure with Chiplet Architectures
As intelligent computing advances, increasing AI workloads and data movement challenges are driving a shift toward the adoption of chiplet-based SoC architectures. This approach offers scalable performance, optimized power, and reduced costs, as compared to traditional methods, where advancements have slowed and expenses continue to rise. Baya’s modular solutions are designed to support next-generation AI, automotive, and data center infrastructure while aligning with emerging standards such as Ultra Accelerator Link (UALink™) die-to-die interconnects to accelerate AI scaling further.
Andrew Homan, Managing Director at Maverick Silicon, highlighted the role of Baya’s technology in addressing data movement challenges in AI acceleration. “Generative AI and multimodal compute have clearly shown that the real challenge has transitioned from compute engines to data movement and connectivity to truly deliver on the performance and efficiency needs of AI acceleration and scale compute infrastructure and communications,” said Andrew Homan, Managing Director at Maverick Silicon. “The team at Baya Systems is uniquely positioned to fill this critical gap in the industry with its WeaverPro, WeaveIP, and other solutions.”
Optimizing High-Performance Multi-Die Systems
To support AI, compute-heavy, and data-intensive applications, Baya takes a holistic, software-driven approach to system design, workload analysis, and performance modeling. It addresses traditional bottlenecks in semiconductor architectures, particularly in data movement and scalability.
Baya’s WeaverPro™ software continuously refines data-driven architecture and micro-architecture development from initial specification through post-silicon tuning. It includes built-in simulation and workload analysis, ensuring designs meet key performance indicators (KPIs).
The WeaveIP™ advanced system IP portfolio, with its transport technology, supports custom and standard protocols, maximizing performance and throughput while minimizing latency, silicon footprint, and power consumption.
Stan Reiss, General Partner at Matrix Partners, underscored the significance of Baya’s technology in addressing the growing complexity of semiconductor design. “Baya Systems has executed ahead of schedule on building the team, the technology and the products that deliver on its vision to solve the high-performance system design challenge for the semiconductor industry. This has uncovered a much larger scope for the company, and in our view, this new infusion of capital is necessary to extend leadership and capitalize on that opportunity.”
Expanding Market Reach and Industry Adoption
Baya has rapidly expanded its leadership and engineering teams, bringing together expertise from Apple, AMD, Arm, Intel, and Qualcomm. The company is led by CEO Dr. Sailesh Kumar, with Jim Keller, a well-known microprocessor architect, serving as Chairman of the Board. Leveraging this in-house expertise, Baya has emerged from stealth, delivered its flagship product to market, and is now positioned to expand its market share.
Baya’s early adopters and partners include Tenstorrent, which has licensed Baya’s technology for AI and RISC-V chiplet solutions. Additional partnerships have yet to be announced.
Dr. Sailesh Kumar, Founder and CEO of Baya Systems, emphasized the need for a more efficient approach to high-performance chiplet-based system design. “Designing increasingly complex combinations of CPUs, GPUs, neural network accelerators, and other processors is a brute-force solution that the industry cannot rely on forever. It simply comes with too many risks: high re-engineering costs, difficulty scaling and potentially hitting the market with sub-par metrics,. Baya’s performance-focused, software-based approach, coupled with our unique transport and modular fabric IP, is designed from the ground up to produce complex multi-die solutions that are correct by construction with a simplified design process.”
About Baya Systems
Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Baya Systems develops foundational, high-performance, and modular semiconductor system technologies for chiplet-based architectures and intelligent computing applications. Named after the baya bird, known for weaving cohesive nests from diverse materials, the company integrates compute, communication, and I/O components into energy-efficient, scalable solutions. Baya’s software-based design and exploration platform enhances performance, yield, and reusability, enabling advanced and cost-effective innovation across multiple industries. Baya is backed by Matrix Partners, Maverick Silicon, Synopsys Inc., and Intel Capital.
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