Grandis

What Grandis does

Grandis is a privately held semiconductor IP company founded in 2002 and headquartered in Milpitas, California. The firm's stated focus is developing and licensing innovative non-volatile memory solutions derived from cutting-edge research in spintronics — specifically, memory cell technologies that exploit the electron spin property (most consistent with spin-transfer torque magnetoresistive random-access memory, STT-MRAM). The company historically served semiconductor manufacturers and memory device producers through an IP licensing model, monetizing proprietary device physics and process know-how rather than shipping finished products. Grandis operated with a small team of 11–50 employees and was funded by venture capital; per available records it raised approximately $13.02 million across two funding rounds, a $3.0 million round in January 2003 (Applied Ventures, Incubic Venture Fund, Sevin Rosen Funds) and a $10.02 million round in April 2005 (Applied Ventures, Matrix, Sevin Rosen Funds). No public disclosures of products, customers, partnerships, pricing, revenue, or active licensing agreements are present in the source data. The current state of the company's web presence (grandisinc.com) is inconsistent with active commercial operations: the domain resolves to Apache directory listings and contains redirected content associated with an Indonesian online gambling platform (HGO909), which is consistent with domain compromise, expiration, or parking rather than a functioning corporate site. Given the absence of post-2005 funding events, leadership disclosures, or verifiable operational signals, the available evidence does not support a determination that Grandis is an actively operating commercial entity today.

Name

Grandis

Website

https://grandisinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Semiconductor Memory IP

NAICS

Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works) (533), Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing (334413)

SIC

Patent Owners & Lessors (6794)

akta.pro primary industry

Memory & Storage (DRAM/NAND/Non-Volatile) (HDAHAAAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Compute & Acceleration ICs (CPU/GPU/AI/FPGA/ASIC) (HDAHABAC)

Keywords

• Non-volatile memory
• Spintronic memory
• Magnetic memory IP
• Semiconductor memory
• Memory technology licensing

Headquarters

HQ city

Milpitas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations

Core offering

Grandis develops and licenses innovative non-volatile memory solutions derived from cutting-edge research in spintronics. The company holds a portfolio of patented spintronic memory technology and licenses it to semiconductor manufacturers for integration into next-generation memory products. Headquartered in Milpitas, California, Grandis operates as a fabless semiconductor IP company focused on spin-transfer torque (STT) and related magnetic memory innovations.

Product overview

Grandis (www.grandisinc.com) appears to be a minimal web presence with no substantive product or service offerings documented in the available source data. The website consists of basic Apache directory listings with paths for 'about-us/' and 'what-is-rundll32-exe/', but no product details, service descriptions, or company information are present in the scraped content.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Spintronic Non-Volatile Memory Technology

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Everspin Technologies: Everspin is the leading pure-play commercial MRAM (magnetoresistive RAM) provider, directly comparable to Grandis as a spintronic non-volatile memory company. Both target embedded and standalone MRAM applications using similar physics, though Everspin manufactures and ships product while Grandis licenses IP.
• Avalanche Technology: Avalanche Technology develops and manufactures MRAM products based on spin-transfer-torque (STT) and spin-orbit-torque (SOT) technology. It overlaps with Grandis's spintronic non-volatile memory focus and addresses similar industrial, aerospace, and defense customers.
• Crocus Technology: Crocus Technology is an MRAM specialist using proprietary spintronic technology, with overlap to Grandis's core spintronic non-volatile memory IP. Both operate in the embedded NVM and ruggedized memory segments.

Broad incumbents

• Rambus: Rambus is a semiconductor IP licensing company with a long history in memory interface and security IP. It is comparable to Grandis as a fabless IP licensor in the memory domain, though Rambus is far larger and more diversified into DDR, security, and interface IP.
• ARM Holdings: ARM is the dominant semiconductor IP licensor, monetizing processor and related IP via royalty licensing. While Grandis focuses on memory IP rather than processors, ARM represents the canonical model of capital-light semiconductor IP monetization that Grandis aspires to.
• Samsung Foundry / Samsung Memory: Samsung is the world's largest memory manufacturer and has internal MRAM/spintronics programs as well as foundry services. Comparable to Grandis as a participant in the memory ecosystem, though at vastly different scale and as a manufacturing incumbent rather than an IP-only entity.
• Qualcomm (memory IP): Qualcomm has historically held semiconductor IP including memory-related patents and licenses technologies across mobile and edge devices. Comparable as a fabless semiconductor IP holder with cross-licensing relationships in the broader semiconductor industry.

Emerging players

• Spin Memory (formerly Spin Transfer Technologies): Spin Memory focused on spin-transfer-torque MRAM IP and architectural innovation. Direct overlap with Grandis in spintronic memory IP licensing and licensing-oriented business model, though Spin Memory itself has gone through significant restructuring.
• Crossbar Inc. Crossbar develops Resistive RAM (RRAM) technology for non-volatile memory and embedded applications. Comparable to Grandis as an emerging memory technology IP/technology developer targeting the same non-volatile memory opportunity space, though with a different underlying physics.

Others

• Intermolecular (now part of Merck KGaA): Intermolecular provided combinatorial materials science and IP development for advanced semiconductor memory and logic, with overlap to Grandis's R&D-intensive spintronic memory focus. Both serve the advanced memory ecosystem through IP and process innovation.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors4 records

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M&A

Investments

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