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DEEPX, founded in 2018 in Seoul, South Korea, develops on-device AI chips (NPUs) and accompanying software for AI applications in electronic devices.
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设备上的 AI 芯片 NPU，为电子设备提供软硬件
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设备上的 AI 芯片 NPU，为电子设备提供软硬件
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设备上的 AI 芯片 NPU，为电子设备提供软硬件
Source：Official site · Updated 2026-09-10 · View source
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Investor· 3
Founders / team· 1
Funding history
- 2024-05Series C$80M
Investors · SkyLake Equity Partners, BNW Investments, AJU IBSource · SVTR Weekly #052
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This company
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- DEEPX
On-device AI chips (NPUs, or neural processing units), with hardware and software for AI applications in electronic devices
Series C · $80M · 2024-05
$80M
United States
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDateChina
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- 银牛微电子
Developer of AI chips for vision processing
Series A · $69M · 2023-12
$69M - Fangqing Technology
Multi-core NPU AI chips, hardware and software stack on a disaggregated architecture routing attention and FFN to dedicated hardware for LLM inference
Series A1 · $71M · 2026-08 · Valuation $1.5B
$71MValuation $1.5B - YeatS AI
Design of high-energy-efficiency NPU inference chips for on-device AI
Series A · $140M · 2026-09
$140M
Europe
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Callosum
System-level software that routes AI workloads to the most suitable models and chips based on cost and latency
Seed · $110M · 2026-08
$110M - Axelera AI
Develops chips for processing AI applications
$450M · 2026-03
$450M - Fractile
Compute-in-memory AI inference chips and complete systems for data centers
Series B · $236M · 2026-05
$236M
Other / unspecified
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Stathera
MEMS-based silicon clock oscillator chips replacing quartz devices, providing precision timing for AI data centers, consumer electronics and industrial systems.
Series B · $55M · 2026-06
$55M - Tenstorrent
Develops processors and software that enhance AI and machine learning capabilities
Undisclosed · $793M · 2024-12
$793M - Taalas
Develops a platform that converts AI models into custom chips
Undisclosed · $219M · 2026-02
$219M
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