An index of frontier and emerging AI labs.
AI compute hardware
Transformer ASICs — the Sohu chip, an inference accelerator built specifically for transformer models. Raised $500M at $5B in Jan 2026 (Stripes-led, with Peter Thiel).
| Name | Etched |
|---|---|
| Space | AI compute hardware |
| Founded | 2022 |
| Latest valuation | $5B |
| Stage | — |
| Status | active |
| HQ | Cupertino |
| Founders | Gavin Uberti, Chris Zhu, Robert Wachen |
| Website | https://www.etched.com |
| Careers | https://www.etched.com/careers |
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| X / Twitter | — |
| Date | Round | Amount ($M) | Valuation | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | $5B | reported | — |
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| Date | Type | Title | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-14 | added | Etched added to tracker Latest valuation: $5B. | — |
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| Lab | Valuation | Founded |
|---|---|---|
| Cerebras Systems | ~$56B (mkt cap) | 2016 |
| Groq | ~$6.4B | 2016 |
| Unconventional AI | $4.5B | 2025 |
| Celestial AI | $3.25B (acq.) | 2020 |
| Tenstorrent | ~$3.2B | 2016 |
| d-Matrix | $2B | 2019 |
| Hailo | $1.2B | 2017 |
| Lightmatter | $1.2B | 2017 |