MatX, kahe endise Google'i riistvarainseneri asutatud kiibi startup, on tõstnud 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. Etched ei vastanud kohe kommentaaritaotlusele.
MatXi viimane voor tuleb veidi üle aasta pärast seda $100 miljon A-seeriat, mida juhtis Spark Capital. TechCrunch teatas varem, et 2024 round hindas käivitamise üle $300 miljonit.
Enne MatX-i kaasasutamist 2023, Paavst juhtis Google'i TPU-de tehisintellekti tarkvara arendamist, tehnoloogiahiiglase patenteeritud tehisintellekti kiibid. Tema kaasasutaja, Mike Gunter, oli TPU riistvara juhtiv projekteerija, enne kui ta startup käivitas.
Uus rahastus aitab MatXil toota oma kiipe TSMC-ga, plaaniga hakata neid kohale toimetama 2027.