The founding team at SiFive has a history of working with various computer architectures and software engineering. The team includes members who have been a part of the RISC-V Foundation, Mass Luminosity, NVIDIA, and PIOLINK. All members of the team have received their education from the University of California, Berkeley in Computer Science. This gives the team a strong understanding of both computer architecture and software engineering, which will be beneficial in developing the company's products.