Skip to main content
Lam Research8-K: Governance change

Cadence CEO Anirudh Devgan joins Lam Research's Board and Innovation & Technology Committee.

What happened

The appointment of a prominent computational software CEO to the board's technology committee signals a strategic focus on innovation, software-driven processes, and design automation.

Source

SEC EDGARFeb 3, 2026

Current report (Form 8-K)

Lam Research 8-K

Filing excerpt

On February 3, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Lam Research Corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to applicable provisions of the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws, appointed Anirudh Devgan, Ph.D., age 56, as a director of the Company, effective immediately.

sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/707549/000070754926000012/lrcx-20260130.htmRead the full source

Other signals in this filing (5)

Extracted by Autobound

From the Signal API record
Signal
8-K: Governance change

What this signalsFilings often name leadership changes, deals and spending plans.

Form
8-K
Fiscal year end
01/30
Filed
Feb 3, 2026

The full record

From the Signal API record

Details

CIK
707549
Accession number
0000707549-26-000012
Timeframe
Immediate
Filing year
2026
Why it matters
Governance tools needed
Signal category
Esg

Topics and mentions

Technologies

  • computational software
  • electronic design automation

Vendors

  • Cadence Design Systems
  • Inc.
  • Magma Design Automation
  • IBM

Vendors named

  • Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
  • Magma Design Automation, Inc.
  • IBM

Extraction

Confidence
High
Relevance
85%
Sentiment
Positive
Detected
Feb 10, 2026
signal_type
sec-8k
signal_subtype
governanceChange

Use this data

Get every 8-K signal for Lam Research and the companies you sell to, in the tools you already use.

  1. Ask Claude about it

    Connect Autobound to Claude, Claude Code or Cursor with MCP. Then ask: “What changed at Lam Research this week?”

  2. Send it to your own tools

    The Signal API returns 8-K signals for any list of companies as JSON, for your CRM, warehouse or app.

  3. Try it free

    Sign up and spend your free credits on the companies you sell to.

    Start Free1,000 free credits

The API returns more than this page shows

This page shows a preview. The full sec-8k record in the Signal API and MCP can also have these 8 fields. Some fields are empty for some signals.

Company

  • linkedin_urlValue in the API
  • industriesValue in the API
  • employee_count_lowValue in the API
  • employee_count_highValue in the API
  • revenueValue in the API
  • descriptionValue in the API

Signal

  • signal_nameValue in the API
  • associationValue in the API
Show the full JSONThe record on this page and the API request

GET /v1/signals/c2980b93-7498-4285-ba1b-6b73690850c4 returns this record as JSON. POST /v1/companies/enrich returns every signal for lamresearch.com.

{
  "signal_id": "c2980b93-7498-4285-ba1b-6b73690850c4",
  "signal_type": "sec-8k",
  "signal_subtype": "governanceChange",
  "detected_at": "2026-02-10T08:49:38.032+00:00",
  "company": {
    "name": "Lam Research",
    "domain": "lamresearch.com"
  },
  "data": {
    "detail": "The appointment of a prominent computational software CEO to the board's technology committee signals a strategic focus on innovation, software-driven processes, and design automation. This creates potential opportunities for vendors specializing in R&D, simulation, AI in manufacturing, and advanced engineering software.",
    "metrics": {
      "timeframe": "immediate"
    },
    "summary": "Cadence CEO Anirudh Devgan joins Lam Research's Board and Innovation & Technology Committee.",
    "excerpts": "On February 3, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Lam Research Corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to applicable provisions of the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws, appointed Anirudh Devgan, Ph.D., age 56, as a director of the Company, effective immediately.",
    "relevance": 0.85,
    "sentiment": "positive",
    "confidence": "high",
    "source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/707549/000070754926000012/lrcx-20260130.htm",
    "filing_date": "2026-02-03",
    "filing_year": 2026,
    "fiscal_year_end": "01/30",
    "sales_relevance": "Governance tools needed",
    "signal_category": "esg",
    "vendors_mentioned": [
      "Cadence Design Systems, Inc.",
      "Magma Design Automation, Inc.",
      "IBM"
    ],
    "technologies_mentioned": [
      "computational software",
      "electronic design automation"
    ]
  }
}

Long text fields are shortened on this page.

Looking up one signal by its id is free. Enrich costs 2 credits per signal returned; a call with no results is free.