Siemens acquiring Precision Innovations

[gonsolo]

Hi,

What does the Precision Innovations acquisition mean for OpenROAD's future?

With Siemens acquiring Precision Innovations (OpenROAD's key industrial contributor), could someone from the team clarify how this affects OpenROAD going forward — specifically:

Will Precision's OpenROAD contributions and support continue at the same level?
Does OpenROAD's governance/license status change in any way?
Any plans for OpenROAD-derived features to become Siemens-proprietary rather than upstreamed?

Appreciate any clarity the maintainers or Precision folks can share.

Best regards,
Andreas

[QuantamHD]

Hi @gonsolo,

The OpenROAD Initiative (ORI) foundation is the owner of the OpenROAD repo and ensures that no single company has sole control over the repo or the project's direction.

There are three members Precision, Google and Andrew Kahng. I cannot speak on behalf of Precision, but regardless of their actions the other board members including Google will continue to advance ORI's mission:

"To advance and sustain the open source EDA ecosystem by fostering collaborative innovation across research, education, and industry—transforming ideas into silicon."

Expect no change in license or governance as precision does not have the sole authority to do so.

https://openroadinitiative.org/google-joins-ori/

[gonsolo]

Thanks for the clarification, much appreciated!