The facts
Unconventional AI at a glance.
Read Oct 20, 2026. Valuations and amounts are copied as each source states them; a figure that is only reported (talks, or people familiar with the deal) is labeled as reported.
- Kind of company
- Chips and AI computersNew chips and systems built to run AI faster or cheaper.
- Based in
- United States
- Founded
- 2025Bloomberg, Dec 8, 2025
- Last closed-round valuation
- $4.5B$4.5 billion (TechCrunch, Dec 9, 2025)
- What it has shipped
- Research only so far
Founders
- Naveen Rao: former head of AI at Databricks; co-founded Nervana Systems (bought by Intel) and MosaicML (bought by Databricks) (per TechCrunch) (TechCrunch, Dec 9, 2025)
- Sara Achour: named as a founder in a Bloomberg photo caption; background not stated (Bloomberg, Dec 8, 2025)
- MeeLan Lee: named as a founder in a Bloomberg photo caption; background not stated (Bloomberg, Dec 8, 2025)
- Michael Carbin: named as a founder in a Bloomberg photo caption; background not stated (Bloomberg, Dec 8, 2025)
Released Un-0, its first model; it runs on a software simulation of the company's oscillator chips, not on a chip Jun 25, 2026
TechCrunch, Jun 25, 2026
What it has built
Shipped, or not yet.
“Research only so far” is what our search found: something the public can use or buy, a model or API, research only, or nothing public.
1 round
Funding, as reported.
Every round we found, with the amount, valuation and investors as the source states them.
| When | Round | Amount | Valuation | Investors named | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 2025 | Seed | $475 million (first installment toward a goal of up to $1 billion) | $4.5 billion | Andreessen Horowitz (co-lead), Lightspeed (co-lead), Lux Capital, DCVC, Databricks, Jeff Bezos | TechCrunch |
Our note
Worth knowing.
Our note: Founding year is inferred: Bloomberg called it 'A two-month-old startup' in December 2025. No hardware exists in public yet; TechCrunch says the company 'plans to release schematics for an actual chip soon'. Bloomberg's piece did not show a publication date in the fetched text; the date is taken from its URL.
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