HrdWyr Raises $13 Mn to Expand AI-Native Semiconductor Development

HrdWyr has raised $13 million in a Series A funding round led by Ideaspring Capital, as the Indian fabless semiconductor startup looks to accelerate development of AI-native chips designed for edge computing and industrial applications.

The round also saw participation from Singularity AMC, Avatar Growth Capital, and Persistent Systems.

The company said the fresh capital will support the development of its AI-native System-on-Chip (AISoC) products and help expand customer engagements across global markets.

Founded as a full-stack fabless semiconductor company, HrdWyr is building chips specifically designed for AI workloads at the edge rather than relying on traditional general-purpose semiconductor architectures. Its products target industries including electric vehicles, industrial automation, white goods, and data centres.

At the centre of the company’s strategy is its “True Edge Autonomy (TEA)” framework, which combines AI-native chip design with reinforced learning-based agentic AI systems to improve real-time processing, energy efficiency, and low-latency decision-making.

“The real power of AI will be unlocked as we enter the era of Physical AI, where advanced intelligence seamlessly integrates with real-world systems. This inflection point demands a fundamental rethinking of how computing systems are conceived, architected, and deployed. It calls for a structural reset of the semiconductor stack, with IP and products designed for AI processing from first principles, not as an afterthought.

"We encapsulate these ideas under the TEA framework. At HrdWyr, we don’t just build chips, we partner with our customers to solve domain-specific challenges and enable them to lead this transition to Physical AI, rather than simply adapt to it,” said Ramamurthy Sivakumar, HrdWyr Founder and CEO.

Investors said the company’s focus on specialised AI chips aligns with rising global demand for energy-efficient semiconductors and India’s growing ambitions in semiconductor self-reliance.

“HrdWyr is building a family of AI chips addressing power management and efficiency across multiple sectors, including white goods, EVs and data centres. This is very important to Ideaspring’s thesis of building products from India for the world and also becoming self-reliant in semiconductors,” said Naganand Doraswamy, Ideaspring Capital Managing Partner and Founder.

“HrdWyr’s focus on intelligent, energy-efficient systems and deep IP ownership, rather than generic compute, is differentiated. Through purpose-built AI-native chips (AISoC), HrdWyr enables Indian OEMs to de-risk supply chains, shorten product launch cycles, strengthen data sovereignty, and unlock new usage intelligence. Avatar is excited to partner closely as co-builders,” said Rajiv Gupta, Avatar Growth Capital (AGC) Partner.

The company recently announced a strategic partnership with boAt, which it described as an early validation of its AI-native semiconductor approach in the consumer technology segment.