Etched AI Chip Startup Nears $20B Valuation

The race to build the next generation of artificial intelligence hardware just got louder, faster, and way more expensive. AI chip startup Etched is reportedly pushing toward a valuation near $20 billion, a number that instantly turns it from a promising challenger into one of the most closely watched names in the semiconductor world. For […]
Fractile AI Inference Chips Heat Up Startup Race

The race for AI inference chips is starting to feel less like a quiet semiconductor subplot and more like the next main stage of the artificial intelligence boom. Fractile, a U.K.-based chip startup, has raised $220 million to push its next-generation hardware closer to production, and that number says a lot about where investor attention […]