GoKawiilZettascale opens ASIC and FPGA engineering roles for AI chip development
Zettascale, a YC S24 startup, is recruiting ASIC and FPGA engineers to design custom chips aimed at advancing artificial superintelligence hardware. The company's careers page invites applicants without a specific listed role to send a demo of prior work to its hiring email for consideration.
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Chip design talent remains one of the scarcest resources in the AI industry, and startups betting on custom silicon signal a belief that specialized hardware, not just software, will determine who leads in advanced AI capability. Zettascale's informal hiring approach also reflects how early-stage AI hardware firms compete for niche engineering talent against much larger, better-funded chipmakers.
- Zettascale is actively hiring ASIC/FPGA engineers for AI-focused chip work.
- The company frames its mission around building hardware for artificial superintelligence.
- Its open-ended hiring process invites demos of past projects rather than formal applications.
Source: zscc.ai, 2026-09-17
Published there as: “Zettascale (YC S24) Is Hiring ASIC/FPGA Engineers to Build Chips for ASI”
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