Yesterday evening I had the pleasure to meet @luca, the president of @fsi from Italy. He is fighting the fight for free and #opensource software in silicon chip-design. He gave a very interesting overview talk about the ecosystem, tools and funding opportunities that are available. Spoiler alert, most of them are proprietary. :/ You can check it yourself, here is a similar talk he gave at #SFSCON https://www.sfscon.it/talks/open-source-silicon-chips/.