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Axelera, founded in 2021 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, develops chips for processing AI applications. Its defining hardware stack features RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA) and compute-in-memory technology, competing with companies such as NeuroBlade, MemVerge, GigaSpaces, Hazelcast, H2O.ai, and Tenstorrent.

Blaize, founded in 2010 in Santa Clara, California, USA, specializes in AI chips for edge devices and data centers, having developed the Blaize 1600 system-on-chip.

DEEPX, founded in 2018 in Seoul, South Korea, develops on-device AI chips (NPUs) and accompanying software for AI applications in electronic devices.

Founded in January 2024 and based in Shanghai, Guangqiu Technology develops silicon-photonic AI processors for edge computing using an all-optical reservoir-computing architecture built on the nonlinear dynamics of semiconductor lasers. Co-founded by ShanghaiTech professor Wang Cheng and Li Ruiqian, its chips target sub-100-nanosecond system-level inference latency, 10GHz-class operating frequency and real-time adaptive training. Its silicon photonic chip has completed a first tape-out validation.

Cerebras Systems, founded in 2021 in California, USA, develops AI chips. Notable investors include Sam Altman, Ilya Sutskever, Andy Bechtolsheim, Greg Brockman, Lip-Bu Tan, and other tech luminaries.

Rivos, founded in 2021 in Santa Clara, California, develops RISC-V-based server technology aimed at enhancing data analytics and generative AI workloads.