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    AI

    OpenAI’s Jalapeño Chip Shows Strong AI Inference Performance in Early Benchmarks

    OpenAI reveals Jalapeño chip benchmarks showing improved AI inference speed, efficiency, and scalability compared with current systems.

    By Shivangi Yadav25 August 20262 min read
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    Startups

    Etched Raises $700M as Valuation Jumps to $21 Billion

    AI hardware startup Etched raised $700 million at a $21 billion valuation, doubling its Valuation in a month as it develops chips and systems for AI inference.

    By Shivangi Yadav18 August 20263 min read
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    AI

    Groq Raises $350M at $3.5B Valuation to Expand AI Inference Cloud

    Groq raised $350 million at a $3.5 billion valuation to expand its AI inference cloud following its licensing agreement and deeper partnership with Nvidia.

    By Shivangi Yadav17 August 20263 min read
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    AI

    Discovered Materials Raises $9M to Use AI to Develop Cooler, More Efficient Chips

    Discovered Materials has raised $9 million to use AI agents and physics models to discover semiconductor materials that could reduce heat and improve chip efficiency.

    By Shivangi Yadav10 August 20263 min read

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    Transportation

    Tesla and SpaceX Invest $16.8 Billion to Build Massive Terafab Chip Factory in Texas

    Tesla and SpaceX will invest $16.8 billion to begin building Terafab, a massive advanced semiconductor factory in Texas designed to produce chips for AI, robotics, autonomous vehicles, and…

    By Shivangi Yadav8 August 20263 min read
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    Brief

    Anthropic Forms AI Chip Design Team to Build Custom Silicon

    Anthropic has confirmed it is building a custom AI chip design team to develop silicon that improves Claude’s speed and efficiency.

    By Shivangi Yadav6 August 20261 min read
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    AI

    AMD Unveils Helios AI Rack System to Challenge Nvidia

    AMD has introduced its Helios AI rack-scale system, targeting Nvidia’s dominance in AI infrastructure with support from major customers including Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic.

    By Shivangi Yadav25 July 20263 min read
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    AI

    Etched Reaches $10.3 Billion Valuation After $300 Million AI Chip Funding Round

    AI chip startup Etched has raised $300 million in a Series C round, doubling its valuation to $10.3 billion as it scales AI inference systems.

    By Shivangi Yadav24 July 20264 min read

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    AI

    Google Develops New AI Chip to Boost Gemini Efficiency

    Google is developing a new AI server chip, reportedly called Frozen v2, to improve the efficiency of its Gemini models as competition in custom AI hardware intensifies.

    By Shivangi Yadav21 July 20262 min read
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    Venture

    Inference Startup Infinity Raises $15 Million Backed by OpenAI and Anthropic Researchers

    AI infrastructure startup Infinity has raised $15 million at a $100 million valuation to build software that helps AI chips run advanced models beyond Nvidia’s CUDA ecosystem.

    By Shivangi Yadav21 July 20264 min read
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    AI

    General Compute Secures $400 Million Loan to Expand AI Inference Cloud

    AI startup General Compute has secured a $400 million loan from Upper90 to expand its inference cloud, using inference-focused AI chips as collateral in a first-of-its-kind financing deal.

    By Shivangi Yadav18 July 20263 min read
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    AI

    Meta to Start Manufacturing Its New AI Chips This September

    Meta will begin producing its new in-house AI chips in September as it expands AI infrastructure, reduces dependence on third-party chip suppliers, and strengthens its long-term artificial…

    By Shivangi Yadav12 July 20263 min read