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Top 10 Startups developing AI Hardware in USA
Jul 08, 2025 | By Siddhant Patel | 24 |
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Funding: $1.1B
SambaNova Systems is a computing startup focused on building machine learning and big data analytics platforms.
SambaNova Systems is a computing startup focused on building machine learning and big data analytics platforms.
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Funding: $1B
Groq radically simplifies compute to accelerate workloads in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and high-performance computing.
Groq radically simplifies compute to accelerate workloads in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and high-performance computing.
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Funding: $822M
Lightmatter is building the engines that will power discoveries, drive progress, and reduce our impact on the planet.
Lightmatter is building the engines that will power discoveries, drive progress, and reduce our impact on the planet.
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Funding: $720M
Cerebras is a computer systems company dedicated to accelerating deep learning. The pioneering Wafer-Scale Engine (WSE) – the largest chip ever built – is at the heart of our deep learning system, the Cerebras CS-1.
Cerebras is a computer systems company dedicated to accelerating deep learning. The pioneering Wafer-Scale Engine (WSE) – the largest chip ever built – is at the heart of our deep learning system, the Cerebras CS-1.
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Funding: $338.9M
Celestial AI develops optical interconnect technology for compute-to-compute, compute-to-memory and on-chip data transmission.
Celestial AI develops optical interconnect technology for compute-to-compute, compute-to-memory and on-chip data transmission.
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Funding: $330M
SiMa.ai is building an ultra low-power software and chip solution for machine learning at the edge.
SiMa.ai is building an ultra low-power software and chip solution for machine learning at the edge.
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Funding: $300M
MatX is an AI chip startup that designs chips that support large language models.
MatX is an AI chip startup that designs chips that support large language models.
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Funding: $242M
Blaize is an AI computing platforms company that develops products for the automotive, smart vision, and enterprise computing markets.
Blaize is an AI computing platforms company that develops products for the automotive, smart vision, and enterprise computing markets.
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Funding: $212M
Kneron develops an application-specific integrated circuit and software that offers artificial intelligence-based tools.
Kneron develops an application-specific integrated circuit and software that offers artificial intelligence-based tools.
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Funding: $164.7M
Mythic goes beyond conventional digital architectures, memory, and calculation elements – rethinking everything from the ground up: from transistors and physics, through circuits and systems, up to software and AI algorithms.
Mythic goes beyond conventional digital architectures, memory, and calculation elements – rethinking everything from the ground up: from transistors and physics, through circuits and systems, up to software and AI algorithms.
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Funding: $162.9M
EnCharge AI delivers a battle-tested computing platform to unlock the best AI computing, from the edge to the cloud.
EnCharge AI delivers a battle-tested computing platform to unlock the best AI computing, from the edge to the cloud.
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Funding: $126M
EdgeQ intends to fuse AI compute and 5G within a single chip. The company is pioneering converged connectivity and AI that is fully software-customizable and programmable.
EdgeQ intends to fuse AI compute and 5G within a single chip. The company is pioneering converged connectivity and AI that is fully software-customizable and programmable.
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Funding: $125.4M
Etched.ai is an AI chip startup that develops Sohu, a chip designed specifically for running transformer models.
Etched.ai is an AI chip startup that develops Sohu, a chip designed specifically for running transformer models.
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Funding: $124M
Esperanto Technologies is a company develops high-performance, energy-efficient computing solutions encouraging your innovation in artificial intelligence via flexible RISC-V open instruction set architecture (ISA) designs.
Esperanto Technologies is a company develops high-performance, energy-efficient computing solutions encouraging your innovation in artificial intelligence via flexible RISC-V open instruction set architecture (ISA) designs.
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Funding: $115M
Luminous develops supercomputer for AI on a single chip that will replace 3000 TPU boards.
Luminous develops supercomputer for AI on a single chip that will replace 3000 TPU boards.
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Funding: $86.5M
Movidius is a fabless semiconductor company and the leader in mobile vision processor technology for connected devices.
Movidius is a fabless semiconductor company and the leader in mobile vision processor technology for connected devices.
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Funding: $67.4M
Flex Logix Technologies is a semiconductor startup designing reconfigurable AI accelerator chips.
Flex Logix Technologies is a semiconductor startup designing reconfigurable AI accelerator chips.
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Funding: $54M
Built around a patented Polymorphic Dataflow Architecture, supported by a comprehensive SDK, Kinara Ara Edge AI processors accelerate and optimize real-time decision making for unrivaled edge AI solutions. Our Ara AI accelerators power smart edge devices and gateways that demand responsive AI computing with optimal energy efficiency.
Built around a patented Polymorphic Dataflow Architecture, supported by a comprehensive SDK, Kinara Ara Edge AI processors accelerate and optimize real-time decision making for unrivaled edge AI solutions. Our Ara AI accelerators power smart edge devices and gateways that demand responsive AI computing with optimal energy efficiency.
