---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-038540"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SVCO"
cik: "0001943289"
company_name: "Silvaco Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-27T21:25:17+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T21:27:25.032094+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Silvaco dismisses Baker Tilly, appoints KPMG as independent auditor

## Summary
- Baker Tilly dismissed May 21, 2026; KPMG engaged May 27, 2026, per Audit Committee decision.
- No disagreements on accounting principles or audit scope during 2024, 2025, or interim period.
- Audit reports for 2024 and 2025 were unqualified; but 2024 10-K disclosed a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting.
- Baker Tilly succeeded Moss Adams via merger on June 3, 2025; Baker Tilly filed an SEC letter agreeing with the company's statements.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-038540
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SVCO
- cik: 0001943289
- company_name: Silvaco Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-27T21:25:17+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1943289/000162828026038540/0001628280-26-038540-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1943289/000162828026038540/svco-20260521.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 1f59204a30ed867fd03deee278a154b3de07b68c
  claim: Silvaco Group, Inc. engaged KPMG LLP as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: on May 27, 2026, KPMG LLP (“KPMG”) was engaged as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1943289/000162828026038540/0001628280-26-038540-index.htm
- claim_id: 87ac0bc6491e722816f4f02fe51d4cbc61da70e1
  claim: Silvaco Group, Inc. dismissed Baker Tilly US, LLP as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: On May 21, 2026, Baker Tilly US, LLP (“Baker Tilly”), the former independent registered public accounting firm for Silvaco Group, Inc. (the “Company”), was dismissed
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1943289/000162828026038540/0001628280-26-038540-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.