Overview
Etched.ai is a U.S. designer and developer of chips dedicated to language model inference.
Funding
Amounts as reported; USD estimates shown only when they matchListed 7 funding records. Latest funding: $700M (Equity), Aug 18, 2026. Total raised (as reported): $800M, as of Jul 2, 2026.
1 listed record lack a clear date or positive USD estimate for the chart.
| Date | Amount | Investors | Sources |
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| Aug 18, 2026 | $700M · Equity | Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital, Blackstone, Diffusion Capital Partners, Jane Street, Kleiner Perkins, Neo, Peter Thiel, Positive Sum, Primary, Sequoia Capital, Stripes, Tiger Global Management | No source link |
Evidence Etched.ai completes equity financingOn 2026-08-18, according to Xiniu Data, Etched.ai completed equity financing, raising USD 700 million. Investors were Jane Street, Tiger Global Management, Stripes, Sequoia Capital, Primary Venture Partners and others. The company is a U.S. designer and developer of chips dedicated to language model inference. Translated source brief, not a quotation. Check the original before citing. Sources · 0
Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital, Blackstone, Diffusion Capital Partners, Jane Street, Kleiner Perkins, Neo, Peter Thiel, Positive Sum, Primary, Sequoia Capital, Stripes, Tiger Global Management | |||
| Aug 18, 2026 | $700M | Andreessen Horowitz, Argo, Bain Capital Ventures, Blackstone, Diffusion, Jane Street, Kleiner Perkins, Neo, Peter Thiel, Positive Sum, Primary, Sequoia Capital, Stripes, Tiger Global | 1 source Source ↗ |
Evidence Etched raises USD 700 million at USD 21 billion valuationOn 2026/8/18, Etched officially announced that the US AI inference chip company had raised USD 700 million at a USD 21 billion valuation. Jane Street led after testing its hardware, and it also delivered its first AI accelerator rack. Translated source brief, not a quotation. Check the original before citing. Sources · 1
Andreessen Horowitz, Argo, Bain Capital Ventures, Blackstone, Diffusion, Jane Street, Kleiner Perkins, Neo, Peter Thiel, Positive Sum, Primary, Sequoia Capital, Stripes, Tiger Global | |||
| Jul 24, 2026 | $300M · Series C | Amjad Masad, Andreessen Horowitz, Andrej Karpathy, Diffusion, Dylan Field, Jane Street, Peter Thiel, Sequoia, SK hynix | No source link |
Evidence Etched.ai raises USD 300 million in Series C financingOn 2026-07-24, according to Xiniu Data, Etched.ai completed Series C financing, raising USD 300 million. Investors were lead investor Sequoia, participating investor Andreessen Horowitz, participating investor SK Hynix, participating investor Jane Street, participating investor Diffusion Capital, participating investor Peter Thiel, participating investor Andrej Karpathy, participating investor Dylan Field, participating investor Amjad Masad, other participating investors. The company is a U.S. designer and developer of chips dedicated to language model inference. Translated source brief, not a quotation. Check the original before citing. Sources · 0
Amjad Masad, Andreessen Horowitz, Andrej Karpathy, Diffusion, Dylan Field, Jane Street, Peter Thiel, Sequoia, SK hynix | |||
| Jul 2, 2026 | — | 1 source Source ↗ | |
Evidence Etched customer contracts exceed USD 1 billion, total funding USD 800 millionOn 2026/7/2, X reported that US AI inference chip company Etched had more than USD 1 billion in customer contracts and USD 800 million total funding. With more than 400 engineers, it was expanding factory capacity in Taiwan and data center capacity. Translated source brief, not a quotation. Check the original before citing. Sources · 1
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| Jan 13, 2026 | $500M · Equity | Hummingbird Ventures, Jane Street, Positive Sum, Ribbit Capital, Stripes, Thiel Capital, VentureTech Alliance | No source link |
Evidence Etched.ai raises USD 500 million in equity financingOn 2026-01-13, according to Xiniu Data, Etched.ai completed equity financing, raising USD 500 million. Investors were Stripes Group, Positive Sum, Thiel Capital, VentureTech Alliance and others. Translated source brief, not a quotation. Check the original before citing. Sources · 0
Hummingbird Ventures, Jane Street, Positive Sum, Ribbit Capital, Stripes, Thiel Capital, VentureTech Alliance | |||
| Jun 26, 2024 | $120M · Series A | Earthshot, Fontinalis Partners, Fundomo, Hummingbird, Lightscape Partners, Positive Sum Ventures, Primary Ventures, Skybox Data Centers, Two Sigma Ventures | No source link |
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Earthshot, Fontinalis Partners, Fundomo, Hummingbird, Lightscape Partners, Positive Sum Ventures, Primary Ventures, Skybox Data Centers, Two Sigma Ventures | |||
| Jun 5, 2023 | $5.36M · Seed | Primary | No source link |
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Valuation
Amounts as reported; USD estimates shown only when they matchListed 7 valuation records. Latest valuation: $21B, Aug 18, 2026.
6 listed records lack a clear date or positive USD estimate for the chart.
| Date | Amount | Investors | Sources |
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| Aug 18, 2026 | — · Equity | Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital, Blackstone, Diffusion Capital Partners, Jane Street, Kleiner Perkins, Neo, Peter Thiel, Positive Sum, Primary, Sequoia Capital, Stripes, Tiger Global Management | No source link |
Evidence Etched.ai completes equity financingOn 2026-08-18, according to Xiniu Data, Etched.ai completed equity financing, raising USD 700 million. Investors were Jane Street, Tiger Global Management, Stripes, Sequoia Capital, Primary Venture Partners and others. The company is a U.S. designer and developer of chips dedicated to language model inference. Translated source brief, not a quotation. Check the original before citing. Sources · 0
Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital, Blackstone, Diffusion Capital Partners, Jane Street, Kleiner Perkins, Neo, Peter Thiel, Positive Sum, Primary, Sequoia Capital, Stripes, Tiger Global Management | |||
| Aug 18, 2026 | $21B | Andreessen Horowitz, Argo, Bain Capital Ventures, Blackstone, Diffusion, Jane Street, Kleiner Perkins, Neo, Peter Thiel, Positive Sum, Primary, Sequoia Capital, Stripes, Tiger Global | 1 source Source ↗ |
Evidence Etched raises USD 700 million at USD 21 billion valuationOn 2026/8/18, Etched officially announced that the US AI inference chip company had raised USD 700 million at a USD 21 billion valuation. Jane Street led after testing its hardware, and it also delivered its first AI accelerator rack. Translated source brief, not a quotation. Check the original before citing. Sources · 1
Andreessen Horowitz, Argo, Bain Capital Ventures, Blackstone, Diffusion, Jane Street, Kleiner Perkins, Neo, Peter Thiel, Positive Sum, Primary, Sequoia Capital, Stripes, Tiger Global | |||
| Jul 24, 2026 | — · Series C | Amjad Masad, Andreessen Horowitz, Andrej Karpathy, Diffusion, Dylan Field, Jane Street, Peter Thiel, Sequoia, SK hynix | No source link |
Evidence Etched.ai raises USD 300 million in Series C financingOn 2026-07-24, according to Xiniu Data, Etched.ai completed Series C financing, raising USD 300 million. Investors were lead investor Sequoia, participating investor Andreessen Horowitz, participating investor SK Hynix, participating investor Jane Street, participating investor Diffusion Capital, participating investor Peter Thiel, participating investor Andrej Karpathy, participating investor Dylan Field, participating investor Amjad Masad, other participating investors. The company is a U.S. designer and developer of chips dedicated to language model inference. Translated source brief, not a quotation. Check the original before citing. Sources · 0
Amjad Masad, Andreessen Horowitz, Andrej Karpathy, Diffusion, Dylan Field, Jane Street, Peter Thiel, Sequoia, SK hynix | |||
| Jul 2, 2026 | — | 1 source Source ↗ | |
Evidence Etched customer contracts exceed USD 1 billion, total funding USD 800 millionOn 2026/7/2, X reported that US AI inference chip company Etched had more than USD 1 billion in customer contracts and USD 800 million total funding. With more than 400 engineers, it was expanding factory capacity in Taiwan and data center capacity. Translated source brief, not a quotation. Check the original before citing. Sources · 1
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| Jan 13, 2026 | — · Equity | Hummingbird Ventures, Jane Street, Positive Sum, Ribbit Capital, Stripes, Thiel Capital, VentureTech Alliance | No source link |
Evidence Etched.ai raises USD 500 million in equity financingOn 2026-01-13, according to Xiniu Data, Etched.ai completed equity financing, raising USD 500 million. Investors were Stripes Group, Positive Sum, Thiel Capital, VentureTech Alliance and others. Translated source brief, not a quotation. Check the original before citing. Sources · 0
Hummingbird Ventures, Jane Street, Positive Sum, Ribbit Capital, Stripes, Thiel Capital, VentureTech Alliance | |||
| Jun 26, 2024 | — · Series A | Earthshot, Fontinalis Partners, Fundomo, Hummingbird, Lightscape Partners, Positive Sum Ventures, Primary Ventures, Skybox Data Centers, Two Sigma Ventures | No source link |
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Earthshot, Fontinalis Partners, Fundomo, Hummingbird, Lightscape Partners, Positive Sum Ventures, Primary Ventures, Skybox Data Centers, Two Sigma Ventures | |||
| Jun 5, 2023 | — · Seed | Primary | No source link |
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美国语言模型推理专用芯片设计研发商 Etched.ai是一家美国语言模型推理专用芯片设计研发商