EFSA founding members hold inaugural meeting at VivaTech Paris

The executives of all six founding companies came together at VivaTech in Paris to formally launch the European Fabless Semiconductor Association — pictured here at the European Innovation Council booth.

The executives of EFSA's six founding companies — SiPearl, Semidynamics, VSORA, Inventvm, Axelera AI, and Quside — gathered at VivaTech in Paris for the association's inaugural meeting. Bringing the leadership of Europe's leading fabless semiconductor companies into one room, the meeting marked the formal launch of the European Fabless Semiconductor Association and set out its shared agenda: securing design access, MPW and pilot-line programmes that work for SMEs, and a stronger collective voice for fabless innovators in European chip policy. The founders met at the European Innovation Council (EIC) stand — a fitting backdrop, given the role of EU-backed deep-tech funding in scaling the companies now driving European semiconductor design. The photograph above was taken at the EIC booth during the event.