Architect Labs raises $24M seed to build AI chip design system

Architect Labs emerged from stealth on June 24, 2026 with a $24 million seed round led by Kindred Ventures, joined by TQ Ventures, Race Capital, Together Fund and notable angels from firms like Anthropic, DeepMind, xAI, Meta, Google and Intel. The startup is building an AI system to design custom chips end‑to‑end, aiming to dramatically shorten semiconductor design cycles for AI workloads.