Amongst planned cores is a free one. “With ‘Fast start’ into Risc-V, we will not only introduce our free starter, commercial grade core but also show which other options available, ranging from an ultra-low power MCU over a low power medium-sized Core up to Linux-capable multi-core processors based on RISC-V,” said Andes technical manager Florian Wohlrab.
article: https://www.electronicsweekly.com/open-source-engineering/risc-v-day-andes-offers-ip-cores-accelerators-tools-even-free-core-2019-10/