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AI chip startup Etched hits $10.3B valuation with no-GPU inference tech

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from TechCrunch AI ·

Etched, founded by three Harvard dropouts, has developed chips and memory components that accelerate AI inference without GPUs. The startup raised funding from top investors, reaching a $10.3 billion valuation. Its technology aims to challenge Nvidia's dominance in AI hardware.

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The valuation reflects investor appetite for alternatives to Nvidia, but Etched must prove its chips can scale beyond niche inference workloads.
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