2026 Outlook with Badru Agarwala of Rise Design Automation (RDA)

Badru Agarwala, CEO of Rise Design Automation (RDA), discusses the company's focus on revolutionizing hardware design by enhancing productivity and quality through higher-level hardware abstraction and AI integration. In 2025, RDA saw success in engaging with customers and overcoming industry barriers to adoption. The company's platform-first approach to High-Level Synthesis and incorporation of AI aim to address challenges and drive growth in customer deployments for 2026. RDA plans to participate in conferences like DVCon and DAC to further expand its reach and engage with customers directly or through its distributor, AI Tech Sales.