Bihar-based startup showcases AI semiconductor design tools at SEMICON India 2026
Founder Shweta Suman presented her company Swadeza's FORGE platform at the New Delhi event in September.
Shweta Suman, founder of the Bihar-based technology company Swadeza, showcased her startup's semiconductor technology at SEMICON India 2026 in New Delhi. The event, held at Yashobhoomi from September 17 to 19, featured more than 600 exhibiting companies and representatives from 52 countries, according to the Times of India.
Suman, who studied engineering at Birla Institute of Technology (BIT) Mesra and worked in Oman, developed the FORGE platform to assist with chip design. The AI-native platform aims to simplify complex engineering processes such as design verification, testing, and verification.
The company's first product, DV-FORGE, focuses on design verification. Swadeza stated that the technology was used on OpenTitan-class system-on-chips, completing verification sign-off for OpenTitan Earlgrey in 30 days and its derivative, Darjeeling, in 21 days. The company claims the tool identified seven bugs across roughly 40 intellectual property blocks and 2,581 registers.
Other tools under development include PD-FORGE for physical-design violations, as well as PS-FORGE and SC-FORGE for post-silicon validation and standard-cell optimisation. Swadeza is also collaborating with professors from BIT Patna and the fabless semiconductor company Signitude.
The startup's emergence follows the Bihar government's publication of its Semiconductor Policy 2026 in January. Nationally, the Union Cabinet approved the Semicon 2.0 programme in July 2026 with an outlay of Rs 1,27,500 crore to strengthen the semiconductor ecosystem.