MatX, cychwyn sglodion a sefydlwyd gan ddau gyn-beiriannydd caledwedd Google, wedi codi a $500 million Series B funding round led by Jane Street and Situational Awareness, an investment fund formed by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner.
The ambitious startup aims to make its processors ten times better at training large language models and delivering results than Nvidia’s GPUs.
Other investors in the round include Marvell Technology, NFDG, Spark Capital, and Stripe co-founders Patrick Collison and John Collison, the startup’s founder and CEO, Reiner Pop,e announced Tuesday in a LinkedIn post.
Although the company didn’t disclose its latest valuation, Bloomberg reported last month that Etched, MatX’s closest competitor, raised a $500 million round at a $5 billion valuation. Ni ymatebodd ysgythru ar unwaith i gais am sylw.
Daw rownd ddiweddaraf MatX ychydig dros flwyddyn ar ôl yn fras $100 miliwn o Gyfres A, a arweiniwyd gan Spark Capital. Adroddodd TechCrunch yn flaenorol bod y 2024 roedd rownd yn gwerthfawrogi'r cychwyniad drosodd $300 miliwn.
Cyn cyd-sefydlu MatX yn 2023, Arweiniodd y Pab ddatblygiad meddalwedd AI ar gyfer TPUs Google, sglodion AI perchnogol y cawr technoleg. Ei gyd-sylfaenydd, Mike Gunter, yn brif ddylunydd caledwedd TPU cyn gadael i lansio'r cychwyn.
Bydd y cyllid newydd yn helpu MatX i gynhyrchu ei sglodion gyda TSMC, gyda chynlluniau i ddechrau eu cludo i mewn 2027.