# Companies using RISC-V

5,178 companies use RISC-V, based on their job posts and their employees' public profiles. Hiring for it is steady, with 3,015 job posts naming it from October 2025 to August 2026. Hardware Engineer is the role that names it most often.

Data as of November 9, 2026. Source: Sumble.

## Which companies name RISC-V in the most job posts?

Tenstorrent, Qualcomm and SiFive are among the companies with the most job posts naming RISC-V. Three of these five companies are in Scientific and Technical Services.

| Company | Job posts | People | Recent job post |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| [Tenstorrent](https://sumble.com/orgs/tenstorrent) | 792 | 71 | "Our diverse team of technologists have developed a high performance RISC-V CPU from scratch, and share a passion for AI and a deep desire to build the best AI platform possible." (Sr. Software Engineer, Systems Framework & Infrastructure, Nov 7, 2026) |
| [Qualcomm](https://sumble.com/orgs/qualcomm) | 546 | 358 | "Integrate the RISC-V CPU and interconnect into the emulation testbench used for the current mobile project." (FY27 Intern- Integration of a RISC-V CPU into a Cache-Coherent Emulation Platform - Sophia, 6 months, Nov 1, 2026) |
| [SiFive](https://sumble.com/orgs/sifive) | 455 | 62 | "Architect, design and implement new features, performance improvements, and ISA extensions in RISC-V CPU core generators using Chisel." (senior rtl design engineer - cpu frontend, Nov 5, 2026) |
| [Codasip](https://sumble.com/orgs/codasip) | 448 | 31 | "Our UK design centres in Cambridge and Bristol, launched in early 2022, are driving innovation in cutting-edge RISC-V CPU development." (Senior Design Verification Engineer, Nov 7, 2026) |
| [NVIDIA](https://sumble.com/orgs/nvidia) | 398 | 229 | "Develop, triage, and debug ARM/RISC-V chip-level firmware." (Senior System Software Engineer — CPU Platform Debugging, Oct 23, 2026) |

## Is hiring for RISC-V growing?

RISC-V's share of job posts is about the same as three months earlier: 1.8 in every 10,000 job posts from June to August 2026, against 1.8 from March to May. From October to December 2025 it was 1.3.

| Month | Job posts naming it | All job posts | Per 10,000 job posts |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| Oct 2025 | 178 | 1,413,673 | 1.3 |
| Nov 2025 | 252 | 1,822,119 | 1.4 |
| Dec 2025 | 160 | 1,236,103 | 1.3 |
| Jan 2026 | 241 | 1,828,002 | 1.3 |
| Feb 2026 | 256 | 1,856,647 | 1.4 |
| Mar 2026 | 291 | 1,850,711 | 1.6 |
| Apr 2026 | 323 | 1,728,886 | 1.9 |
| May 2026 | 332 | 1,821,509 | 1.8 |
| Jun 2026 | 344 | 1,909,496 | 1.8 |
| Jul 2026 | 323 | 1,815,180 | 1.8 |
| Aug 2026 | 315 | 1,835,698 | 1.7 |

## How many companies named RISC-V in a job post for the first time in recent months?

85 companies named RISC-V in a job post for the first time from June to August 2026, against 72 from March to May. Of the 1,270 companies whose job posts name it, 6.7% first named it from June to August.

| Period | Companies naming it in a job post for the first time |
|---|---:|
| March to May 2026 | 72 |
| June to August 2026 | 85 |
| October 2025 to August 2026 | 254 |

Companies whose first job post naming it appeared in that period. Recruiters, staffing firms and job boards are left out.

## How do we know which companies use RISC-V?

3,908 of the 5,178 companies show up because employees list RISC-V on their profiles; 1,270 name it in their own job posts. 470 show up in both job posts and employees' profiles.

| How we know | Companies | Share |
|---|---:|---:|
| Job posts name RISC-V | 1,270 | 25% |
| Employees' profiles list RISC-V | 3,908 | 75% |

## What size are the companies that use RISC-V?

RISC-V skews toward smaller firms. 28% of its users are companies with fewer than 50 employees, against 22% on the typical tech page. 856 of its companies have more than 5,000 employees.

| Size | Share | Typical tech page |
|---|---:|---:|
| Under 50 employees | 28% | 22% |
| 50 to 999 | 40% | 38% |
| 1,000 to 5,000 | 16% | 17% |
| Over 5,000 | 17% | 23% |

## Where are RISC-V companies based?

Beyond the United States (42%), RISC-V is unusually common in India, at 11% of its companies. Its companies are based in 86 countries and territories.

| Country | Companies | Share | Typical tech page |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| United States | 2,080 | 42% | 43% |
| India | 519 | 11% | 6.9% |
| Germany | 259 | 5.3% | 4.4% |
| Canada | 215 | 4.4% | 3.6% |
| France | 201 | 4.1% | 4.6% |
| United Kingdom | 192 | 3.9% | 6.4% |

## Which teams work with RISC-V?

RISC-V work is spread across teams. Software leads, at 24 companies. R&D teams are second, at 19 companies, and firmware teams third, at 15.

| Team | Companies |
|---|---:|
| Software | 24 |
| R&D | 19 |
| Firmware | 15 |
| Verification | 12 |
| Design verification | 11 |
| Engineering | 11 |

## Which roles mention RISC-V most?

Hardware Engineer is the most common role, in 14% of job posts naming RISC-V. Hardware Engineer posts naming it numbered 146 from March to May 2026 and 103 from June to August.

| Role | Share | Oct 2025 to Aug 2026 | Mar to May 2026 | Jun to Aug 2026 |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| Hardware Engineer | 14% | 419 | 146 | 103 |
| Firmware Engineer | 10% | 311 | 100 | 85 |
| Embedded Engineer | 9.9% | 297 | 88 | 87 |
| Software Engineer | 8.8% | 264 | 59 | 87 |
| Chip Designer | 8% | 242 | 81 | 69 |
| Test Engineer | 3.6% | 110 | 25 | 42 |

## Which companies started naming RISC-V in job posts recently?

Between April and August 2026, 74 companies with 50 or more employees first named RISC-V in a job post, 12 of them with more than 5,000 employees. Trane Technologies leads the new enterprise companies, with 10 job posts from April to August.

| Group | Company | Job posts, April to August 2026 |
|---|---|---:|
| Commercial | [Viveris](https://sumble.com/orgs/viveris) | 9 |
| Commercial | [Sevya Multimedia](https://sumble.com/orgs/sevya-multimedia) | 6 |
| Commercial | [Qubika](https://sumble.com/orgs/qubika) | 5 |
| Commercial | [LUZA Group](https://sumble.com/orgs/ptc-group) | 4 |
| Commercial | [Nuvoton Technology Corporation](https://sumble.com/orgs/nuvoton-technology-singapore) | 4 |
| Mid-market | [Pacific Northwest National Laboratory](https://sumble.com/orgs/pacific-northwest-national-laboratory) | 7 |
| Mid-market | [Bosch Romania](https://sumble.com/orgs/boschromania) | 4 |
| Mid-market | [Fortune Brands Innovations](https://sumble.com/orgs/fortune-brands-innovations) | 2 |
| Mid-market | [Relativity Space](https://sumble.com/orgs/relativity-space) | 2 |
| Mid-market | [Vitru Educação](https://sumble.com/orgs/vitru-education) | 1 |
| Enterprise | [Trane Technologies](https://sumble.com/orgs/tranetechnologies) | 10 |
| Enterprise | [Hyundai MOBIS](https://sumble.com/orgs/hyundai-mobis) | 3 |
| Enterprise | [Kyocera International, Inc. (North America)](https://sumble.com/orgs/kyocera-international) | 2 |
| Enterprise | [Larsen & Toubro](https://sumble.com/orgs/larsen-and-toubro-l&t) | 1 |
| Enterprise | [Hewlett Packard Enterprise](https://sumble.com/orgs/hewlett-packard-enterprise-hpe) | 1 |

Companies that named RISC-V in a job post for the first time between April and August 2026, ranked by their job posts in those months. AI-native companies get a group of their own, whatever their size. Recruiters and job boards are left out.

## What else do RISC-V companies use?

RISC-V companies are 332 times as likely as similar companies to use Zebu: 11% of them, against 0.03%. Among the tools listed here, Innovus is the most widely used, at 15% of RISC-V companies.

| Tool | Companies | Also name it | Typical | Times as common |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| Zebu | 88 | 11% | 0.03% | 332 times |
| Veloce | 65 | 7.8% | 0.02% | 320 times |
| HAPS | 42 | 5% | 0.02% | 302 times |
| Genus | 70 | 8.4% | 0.03% | 279 times |
| Palladium | 76 | 9.1% | 0.03% | 269 times |
| Fusion Compiler | 56 | 6.7% | 0.02% | 268 times |
| Verdi | 89 | 11% | 0.04% | 264 times |
| Innovus | 124 | 15% | 0.06% | 250 times |

Shares are out of the 838 companies whose job posts name RISC-V, not counting firms whose job posts name almost every technology.

## Which project themes come up in RISC-V job posts?

Apart from broad digital transformation work, Generative AI comes up most in job posts naming RISC-V, in 16 of them. Data Infrastructure Migration is next, in 8 job posts.

| Project theme | Job posts |
|---|---:|
| Digital Transformation | 207 |
| Generative AI | 16 |
| Data Infrastructure Migration | 8 |

- "develop AI/ML compiler and runtime software for RISC-V based IP, NPU, and SoC platforms" (GlobalFoundries, AI/ML Compiler & Runtime Software Engineer, Nov 7, 2026)
- "optimize and deploy LLMs and Generative AI models on RISC-V architectures" (SiFive, Senior Software Engineer, AI/ML Heterogeneous Systems, Oct 6, 2026)

## About this data

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