TSU Protocol: Seeking Partners for Open-Source RISC-V NPU Tape-Out We're building TSU Protocol — an open, royalty-free RISC-V NPU standard for edge AI inference — and we're actively seeking sponsorship partners for our first MPW tape-out. The Ask We need $50K-$200K to cover MPW shuttle costs on a 28nm or 22nm process. In return, partners get: Their name on the first open-source AI inference chip tape-out Co-authorship of the TSU ISA specification Early access to TSU RTL and validation data Featured placement on the TSU website and GitHub Companies We're Talking To We believe the following organizations would be natural partners for open AI silicon: Efabless ( https://efabless.com/contact ) SiFive ( https://www.sifive.com/contact ) Esperanto Technologies ( https://esperanto.ai/contact/ ) Tenstorrent ( https://tenstorrent.com/contact/ ) CHIPS Alliance ( https://chipsalliance.org/about/ ) RISC-V International ( https://riscv.org/contact/ ) Microchip (PolarFire) ( https://www.microchip.com/contact-us ) lowRISC /…