Has the hunt for AI compute uncovered the next Cerebras? | TechCrunch
… The demand for GPUs has gone through the roof, but it’s becoming conventional wisdom that they aren’t the best-suited chips for running AI models once they have been trained. …
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After Nvidia's $20B not-acqui-hire, AI chip startup Groq reportedly raising $650M | TechCrunch
… Topics AI , AI chips , groq , In Brief , nvidia , Startups , Venture Related AI This chip startup just raised $135M on a bet that AI’s biggest bottleneck isn’t compute — it’s memory AI Glean’s top line crosses $300M as AI budget cutting becomes its major selling point AI Has the hunt for AI compute… …
Five architects of the AI economy explain where the wheels are coming off | TechCrunch
… View Bio Most Popular As workers worry about AI, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says AI is ‘creating an enormous number of jobs’ Anthropic and OpenAI are both launching joint ventures for enterprise AI services Ouster’s new color lidar is coming to replace cameras We’ll take it: A TikToker rallies pledges t…
This chip startup just raised $135M on a bet that AI's biggest bottleneck isn't compute -- it's memory | TechCrunch
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SpaceX may spend up to $119B on 'Terafab' chip factory in Texas | TechCrunch
… Topics AI , Elon Musk , Hardware , In Brief , Intel , semiconductors , SpaceX , xAI Related AI Why trust is a big question at the Elon Musk-OpenAI trial Venture For Eclipse, the $2.5B Cerebras win is just the start of realizing its physical-world thesis Startups $60B AI chip darling Cerebras almost…
Nvidia chases $200B CPU market with AI agent PCs from Microsoft, Dell, and HP | TechCrunch
… The super-fast, 1-petaflop chip is designed to run AI agents like OpenClaw or Hermes Agent securely, according to Nvidia. Such RTX Spark Windows PCs will be available this fall from ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft Surface, and MSI, with models from Acer and Gigabyte to follow. …
DeepSeek could hit $45B valuation from its first investment round | TechCrunch
… Topics AI , China , deepseek , In Brief , Startups Related AI Why trust is a big question at the Elon Musk-OpenAI trial AI If you’re giving a commencement speech in 2026, maybe don’t mention AI Transportation TechCrunch Mobility: The AI skills arms race is coming for automotive Latest in Startups I…
Nicolas Sauvage is betting on the boring parts of AI | TechCrunch
… GPUs dominated training — the massive, parallel computation of teaching a model. Inference chips like Groq's are reshaping what happens when that model speaks: faster, cheaper, at scale. Now, Sauvage argues, CPUs are due for a renaissance. They're not the most powerful chips or the fastest. …
In more good news for Amazon, Snowflake signs $6B deal with AWS for AI CPU chips | TechCrunch
… Google has also been making its own AI chips for years. Microsoft just launched its Maia AI chip in January. Not surprisingly, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said last week that he’s more than ready to defend, and even grow, his turf. …
$60B AI chip darling Cerebras almost died early on, burning $8M a month | TechCrunch
Today, Cerebras Systems is a public company that sells AI chips for inference to giants like OpenAI and AWS. It held a blockbuster IPO on Thursday , with both of its co-founders billionaires, and ended the week worth about $60 billion. …