Recently, Positron (positron.ai), an artificial intelligence and semiconductor company headquartered in Reno, Nevada, announced the completion of a $230 million Series B funding round, boosting its valuation to $1 billion and making it a unicorn, a rising star in the AI chip field.
This round was oversubscribed, co-led by Arena Private Wealth, Jump Trading, and other institutions, with participation from strategic investors such as the Qatar Investment Authority and Arm, as well as existing investors. The funds will primarily be used for the research and development and mass production of its next-generation custom chip, Asimov, accelerating the resolution of energy consumption and memory bottlenecks in AI inference.
Founded just 34 months ago, Positron focuses on the research and development of high-energy-efficiency AI inference hardware. Its first product, Atlas, has already been commercialized, and its next-generation chip, Asimov, is expected to ship in early 2027, boasting significantly superior memory capacity and energy efficiency compared to industry competitors. Leveraging over 400 years of accumulated industry experience, the company’s mission is to “make large-scale AI deployment more efficient and economical,” breaking the GPU’s monopoly in the inference field.
With semiconductor investment stabilizing and AI investment booming, Positron’s successful financing confirms the potential of the AI chip sector. As a US-based R&D and manufacturing company, it not only meets supply chain security needs but also differentiates itself through technological innovation. In the future, it is expected to gain a competitive edge in scenarios such as video processing and trillion-parameter models, reshaping the competitive landscape of AI hardware.
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