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Tenstorrent

RISC-V AI chips, chip designs for licence

CA/US$2.6B privateest. 2016tenstorrent.com (opens tenstorrent.com)Checked 25 Sep

The brief

Analyst view
  • Raised a $693M Series D in December 2024 led by Samsung Securities and AFW Partners.
  • Releases its software and some hardware designs as open source.
  • Partner of Rapidus and Japan's LSTC on 2 nm-class AI chips.
Programs

Tenstorrent, one program

Updated 30 Jun 2026
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Research · Proto · Pilot · Deploy · Scaling

Peers

AI chips · 4

Company & funding

1 round · as reported
Valuation
$2.6Bprivate
Raised
$693Mdisclosed private rounds
Last round
Series DDec 2024
HQ
CA/US
Founded
2016
DateRoundAmountPost-moneyLead
Dec 2024Series D$693M$2.6BSamsung Securities, AFW Partners

People

Key people
  • Jim KellerCEO
  • Ljubisa BajicFounder (former CEO)
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