If you are affiliated with a university please consider signing the following letter which calls for open-source Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools:
https://open-source-eda-letter.eu/
The letter is hosted by the FOSSi Foundation @fossifoundation .
Btw: If you are interested to participate to a public discussion on the development of open-source silicon and open-source EDA please join us on May 14 over #BBB:
https://wiki.goit-project.eu/index.php?title=Open-source_silicon_and_EDA_workshop_2024