it would be $50,000 for running a tool that would be a manual process,
but e-fabless has completely automated that.
+<https://platform.efabless.com/chipignite/>
+<https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/event/efabless/>
+
Ultimately, you need to buy your own foundry, make the PDK and Cell
Library public. Skywater PDK 130nm is now publicly available which is a
start. Some cell libraries are publicly available, but not every foundry
is following suite yet. They are interested, but not moving yet.
+<https://skywater-pdk.readthedocs.io/en/main/>
+
Another thing is that you could only use libre VLSI tools because you
want people to be able to independently verify your GDS-II files, then
you can't rely on a proprietary toolchain. At the moment you would be