Our mission

Every device should be a trusted device.

Connected hardware now underwrites how the grid, finance, transport, and the AI-datacenter actually function. We're building the silicon trust stack that lets every one of those devices prove what it is, who made it, and what it's running — for as long as it's in the field.

Our story

From the open-source root of trust, to the silicon trust stack.

2019 — 2023

Origins at Google

ZeroRISC's founding team came together on OpenTitan, the first open-source silicon root of trust, inside Google. Founded by Dom Rizzo, the team shared one conviction: the foundational layers of device trust should be transparent and shouldn't depend on any single vendor.

2023 - 2025

Founding & Early Development

Dom and original OpenTitan team members found ZeroRISC in 2023 to support broad commercial adoption of an open-source silicon root of trust. ZeroRISC drives shipment of the first commercial root of trust on open silicon.

2026 →

Scaling with Pavona

ZeroRISC convenes Pavona, an open-source silicon ecosystem, to expand Open Silicon to devices large and small. Today we build the full trust stack — design, provisioning, lifecycle — end to end, in the open.

What we believe

Open. Auditable. End to end.

> openness

Trust comes from inspection

Security through obscurity has had its run. The hardware that anchors modern systems should be open enough that researchers, customers, and regulators can verify it and not just believe a vendor's claim.

> lifecycle

Trust is a 15-year commitment

A root of trust isn't a feature you ship; it's a relationship you maintain. Algorithm agility, key rotation, secure debug, and managed transfers matter as much on year 12 as on day one.

> integration

The supply chain is the product

Silicon trust collapses at the seams between design, fab, OSAT, and field. We treat those seams as first-class: one team, one stack, no integration gaps.

// work with us

Build the trusted-silicon future with us.

We're hiring across silicon, security, and systems — and we partner with chip programs at every scale.

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