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AI Hardware & Chips funding
AI Hardware & Chips
New since yesterday No rounds announced on Sat Nov 14. Most recent: 1 round on Fri Nov 13.
AI chips and accelerators, photonics and interconnect, AI hardware and AI tools for chip design.
389 rounds, $33.4B raised by 272 companies, Jan 2, 2023 to Nov 14, 2026. Top three companies: Tenstorrent 7%, Cerebras Systems 6%, Etched 5%.
| Company | HQ | Capital raised | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tenstorrent | Canada | $2.3B | 3 |
| Cerebras Systems | United States | $2.1B | 2 |
| Etched | United States | $1.6B | 4 |
| SambaNova | United States | $1.4B | 2 |
| Fractile | United Kingdom | $955M | 3 |
| Quantinuum | United States | $900M | 2 |
| Ayar Labs | United States | $830M | 4 |
| Rebellions | South Korea | $789M | 5 |
| D-Robotics | China | $770M | 5 |
| FuriosaAI | South Korea | $745M | 2 |
| Moore Threads | China | $729M | 2 |
| Lightmatter | United States | $709M | 3 |
| Lumilens | United States | $700M | 1 |
| Positron | United States | $680M | 4 |
| Nexthop AI | United States | $610M | 2 |
| Sunrise | China | $575M | 3 |
| OLIX | United Kingdom | $532M | 2 |
| Celestial AI | United States | $525M | 4 |
| MatX | United States | $500M | 1 |
| Upscale AI | United States | $490M | 3 |
| Unconventional AI | United States | $475M | 1 |
| Suanmiao Technology (算苗科技) | China | $444M | 2 |
| ESWIN Computing | China | $419M | 1 |
| SiFive | United States | $400M | 1 |
| d-Matrix | United States | $385M | 2 |
| Company | Amount | Stage | Announced |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tenstorrent | $1.5B | Series E | Oct 19, 2026 |
| Cerebras Systems | $1.1B | Series F+ | Sep 30, 2025 |
| SambaNova | $1B | Series F+ | Jul 8, 2026 |
| Cerebras Systems | $1B | Series F+ | Feb 3, 2026 |
| Moore Threads | $729M | Unlabeled | Jun 30, 2025 |
| Fractile | $720M | Series C | Oct 30, 2026 |
| Etched | $700M | Unlabeled | Aug 18, 2026 |
| Lumilens | $700M | Unlabeled | Aug 7, 2026 |
| Tenstorrent | $693M | Series D | Dec 2, 2024 |
| FuriosaAI | $620M | Series D | Oct 28, 2026 |