# Etched.ai

U.S. designer and developer of chips dedicated to language model inference.

Etched.ai is a U.S. designer and developer of chips dedicated to language model inference.

Canonical: https://uniquebase.ai/companies/etched-ai
Stable identifier: UB-C3037
Snapshot captured: 2026-10-15T14:23:27.067Z
English updated: 2026-10-15T19:51:45.524Z

## Funding

Listed 7 records.
Latest: $700M (Equity), 2026-08-18.
Total raised (as reported): $800M, as of 2026-07-02.

- 2026-08-18 · $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
  > On 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)
- 2026-08-18 · $700M · Andreessen Horowitz, Argo, Bain Capital Ventures, Blackstone, Diffusion, Jane Street, Kleiner Perkins, Neo, Peter Thiel, Positive Sum, Primary, Sequoia Capital, Stripes, Tiger Global · https://www.etched.com/progress/from-zero-to-one
  > On 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)
- 2026-07-24 · $300M · Series C · Amjad Masad, Andreessen Horowitz, Andrej Karpathy, Diffusion, Dylan Field, Jane Street, Peter Thiel, Sequoia, SK hynix
  > On 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)
- 2026-07-02 · amount unavailable · https://x.com/Etched/status/2071972062202343590
  > On 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)
- 2026-01-13 · $500M · Equity · Hummingbird Ventures, Jane Street, Positive Sum, Ribbit Capital, Stripes, Thiel Capital, VentureTech Alliance
  > On 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)
- 2024-06-26 · $120M · Series A · Earthshot, Fontinalis Partners, Fundomo, Hummingbird, Lightscape Partners, Positive Sum Ventures, Primary Ventures, Skybox Data Centers, Two Sigma Ventures
- 2023-06-05 · $5.36M · Seed · Primary

## Valuation

Listed 7 records.
Latest: $21B, 2026-08-18.

- 2026-08-18 · amount unavailable · 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
  > On 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)
- 2026-08-18 · $21B · Andreessen Horowitz, Argo, Bain Capital Ventures, Blackstone, Diffusion, Jane Street, Kleiner Perkins, Neo, Peter Thiel, Positive Sum, Primary, Sequoia Capital, Stripes, Tiger Global · https://www.etched.com/progress/from-zero-to-one
  > On 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)
- 2026-07-24 · amount unavailable · Series C · Amjad Masad, Andreessen Horowitz, Andrej Karpathy, Diffusion, Dylan Field, Jane Street, Peter Thiel, Sequoia, SK hynix
  > On 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)
- 2026-07-02 · amount unavailable · https://x.com/Etched/status/2071972062202343590
  > On 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)
- 2026-01-13 · amount unavailable · Equity · Hummingbird Ventures, Jane Street, Positive Sum, Ribbit Capital, Stripes, Thiel Capital, VentureTech Alliance
  > On 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)
- 2024-06-26 · amount unavailable · Series A · Earthshot, Fontinalis Partners, Fundomo, Hummingbird, Lightscape Partners, Positive Sum Ventures, Primary Ventures, Skybox Data Centers, Two Sigma Ventures
- 2023-06-05 · amount unavailable · Seed · Primary

## Revenue

No revenue records are listed yet.


## Team

- [Gavin Uberti](/people/gavin-uberti)

## Products

- [Etched](/products/etched)

## Investors

- [Amjad Masad](/institutions/amjad-masad)
- [Andreessen Horowitz](/institutions/andreessen-horowitz)
- [Andrej Karpathy](/institutions/andrej-karpathy)
- [Argo](/institutions/argo)
- [Bain Capital](/institutions/bain-capital)
- [Bain Capital Ventures](/institutions/bain-capital-ventures)
- [Blackstone](/institutions/blackstone)
- [Diffusion](/institutions/diffusion)
- [Diffusion Capital Partners](/institutions/diffusion-capital-partners)
- [Dylan Field](/institutions/dylan-field)
- [Earthshot](/institutions/earthshot)
- [Fontinalis Partners](/institutions/fontinalis-partners)
- [Fundomo](/institutions/fundomo)
- [Hummingbird](/institutions/hummingbird)
- [Hummingbird Ventures](/institutions/hummingbird-ventures)
- [Jane Street](/institutions/jane-street)
- [Kleiner Perkins](/institutions/kleiner-perkins)
- [Lightscape Partners](/institutions/lightscape-partners)
- [Neo](/institutions/neo)
- [Peter Thiel](/institutions/peter-thiel)
- [Positive Sum](/institutions/positive-sum)
- [Positive Sum Ventures](/institutions/positive-sum-ventures)
- [Primary](/institutions/primary)
- [Primary Ventures](/institutions/primary-ventures)

## Sources

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