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A faster, lower cost path to custom silicon

Winter 2026Founded 20242 peopleSan Francisco, CA, USA
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Custom Silicon DesignServicesHardware companies needing custom ASICsMedium competition
Moat
End-to-end design-through-production expertise reduces friction for hardware teams vs. massive incumbent contracts.
Key risk
Fabrication partnerships and regulatory delays could slow time-to-production; incumbent design houses have deep relationships.
Why now
AI/robotics boom drives demand for optimized hardware; design tools maturation lowers entry barriers.
Competitors
Broadcom, traditional design houses, TSMC design services

About

Visibl makes custom chip development dramatically faster and lower cost for hardware companies. Today, most hardware companies that need a custom chip have bad options: sign a massive contract with an incumbent like Broadcom, pay a traditional design house millions of dollars and wait 18+ months, or keep using off-the-shelf chips and FPGAs that are not optimized for their product's cost, power, performance, size, or manufacturability. We handle the full path from architecture and design through verification, foundry management, and production. That makes custom ASICs accessible to robotics, drones, industrial, IoT, and edge hardware companies that were previously priced out of the market. As more hardware products need differentiated silicon, we think custom chip development should be available to far more companies than it is today.

Founders · 2

Bryce Neil
Bryce NeilFounder

Co-founder & CEO at Visibl Semiconductors. Passionate technologist and recipient of two of Canada’s most competitive academic scholarships. Bryce is a computer engineer with experience across engineering, data, and business. He has built production software and data systems for Deloitte’s OmniaAI team, healthcare, and the public sector. His work has run in leading U.S. hospitals and supported teams globally.

Jordon Kashanchi
Jordon KashanchiFounder
MicrosoftIntelUT Austin

Co-founder & CTO of Visibl Semiconductors. Jordon previously worked at Microsoft, Arm, and Intel, building expertise in AI accelerators, autonomous vehicle hardware, and graphics. Most recently at Microsoft, he designed digital logic and microarchitecture for next-gen custom AI silicon. He holds an MS in ECE from UT Austin and is published in PNAS and ACM.

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