LONDON – The UK's Competition and Markets Authority has found that Synopsys’ proposed $35 billion purchase of Ansys could reduce competition in the supply of semiconductor chip design and light simulation products in the country.

MONTREAL – Cadstrom, an AI startup that aims to allow electrical engineers to design electronic devices with minimal respins, announced that it has raised $6.8 million in seed funding.

NEW YORK – Cofactr, a provider of a supply chain and logistics management platform for hardware manufacturers, has raised $17.2 million in a series A investment round.

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – The Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA) today issued a call for abstracts for the PCB West 2025 technical conference. The conference, the largest of its kind in Silicon Valley, focuses on training and best practices for printed circuit board designers and design engineers, electronics hardware engineers, fabricators and assemblers.