An index of frontier and emerging AI labs.
AI compute hardware
Building analog AI chips designed to match the probabilistic nature of neural networks. $475M seed at $4.5B led by a16z; CEO Naveen Rao (ex-Databricks, Nervana).
| Name | Unconventional AI |
|---|---|
| Space | AI compute hardware |
| Founded | 2025 |
| Latest valuation | $4.5B |
| Stage | — |
| Status | active |
| HQ | San Francisco |
| Founders | Naveen Rao, Michael Carbin, Sara Achour, MeeLan Lee |
| Website | https://unconv.ai |
| Careers | — |
| — | |
| X / Twitter | — |
| Date | Round | Amount ($M) | Valuation | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | $4.5B | reported |
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| Date | Type | Title | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-03 | added | Unconventional AI added to tracker Latest valuation: $4.5B. | — |
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| Lab | Valuation | Founded |
|---|---|---|
| Etched | $5B | 2022 |
| Tenstorrent | ~$3.2B | 2016 |
| Hailo | $1.2B | 2017 |