Funding
Positron AI Raises $51.6 mn to Rethink Inference Hardware for the AI Era
The company claims Atlas offers 3.5x better performance per dollar and 66% lower power usage than NVIDIA’s H100.
Chips
Huawei Debuts CloudMatrix 384 Supernode to Challenge NVIDIA’s NVL72
The CloudMatrix 384 is already operational within Huawei’s cloud, and several Chinese firms are conducting trials
Chips
Semiconductor Startup Netrasemi Raises ₹107 Cr to Build Advanced Edge AI Chips
The startup plans to scale its team from 83 to 166 engineers and complete production of four SoC variants by early 2026.
Chips
SiMa.ai and Cisco Join Forces to Bring Edge AI to Industrial Frontlines
The integration enables seamless, real-time AI processing directly at factory edges.
Chips
Broadcom Fires Back at Nvidia with Blazing-Fast Tomahawk Ultra AI Chip
Built on a 5nm process by TSMC, the chip is already shipping, well-positioned to rival Nvidia’s NVLink Switch.
Chips
Huawei Pushes Ascend AI Chips into Middle East and Southeast Asia
The company has approached prospective buyers in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, and Malaysia.
Chips
CoreWeave Becomes First to Deploy NVIDIA Blackwell AI Chips
CoreWeave plans to make GB200 NVL72 instances available to customers later this year.
Bengaluru-Based Maieutic Semiconductor Raises $4.15 mn to Build GenAI Copilot for Chip Design
While deployment is yet to begin, Maieutic is positioning itself to transform analogue workflows in a space long overdue for automation.
Mindgrove Technologies Partners with Bosch to Drive Indigenous Chip Innovation
Once commercially ready, both companies plan to enter a long-term agreement for wider application deployment.
Snowcap Raises $23 mn to Build Superconducting AI Chips
The company claims its chips will be 25x more power-efficient than today’s best processors and will target AI inference and training workloads.
AWS to Unveil Graviton4 Update with Industry-Leading 600 Gbps Cloud Network Speed by June End
Graviton4-powered instances currently offer network speeds of up to 50 Gbps.
Chips
Taiwan Blocks AI Chip Supplies to Huawei, SMIC in New Export Crackdown
Around 601 entities from mainland China, Russia, Pakistan, Iran, and Myanmar were identified by Taiwanese officials.