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StartupsCA / Silicon Valley·Ranked Saturday, July 25, 2026
AI chip startup Etched more than doubles valuation to $10.3B in new $300M round
Etched raises $300M Series C, doubling valuation to $10.3B on inference chip.
Etched Inc., a startup with a chip optimized for artificial intelligence inference, today announced that it has raised $300 million in funding. The Series C round was led by Sequoia. SK Hynix Inc., the world’s largest supplier of memory for AI chips, particip…
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#7 that day4.10/ 10
Technology breakthrough · weight 30%4/10
Economic impact · weight 25%6/10
Job impact · weight 20%2/10
Regional relevance · weight 15%6/10
Policy & geopolitics · weight 10%1/10
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