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IO Research, founded in New York, USA in 2024, is an open network manufacturer providing GPU-accelerated computing resources.
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Stack Layer云与集群服务HighEvidence
提供 GPU 加速计算资源的开放网络——客户买按需算力（判据③）
Source：Official site · Updated 2026-09-10 · View source
Deployment云端/数据中心HighEvidence
提供 GPU 加速计算资源的开放网络——客户买按需算力（判据③）
Source：Official site · Updated 2026-09-10 · View source
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Funding history
- 2024-03Series A$30M
Investors · Delphi Digital, Solana Labs, Aptos Labs, Longhash, SevenX Ventures, Continue Capital, ArkStream Capital, Multicoin Capital, MH Ventures, OKX Ventures, Animoca Brands, Hack VC, Foresight Ventures, 6thMan Ventures, M13Source · SVTR Weekly #044
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BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- IO Research
Builder of an open network providing GPU-accelerated compute resources
Series A · $35M · 2024-03
$35M
United States
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- GigaIO
Hardware and software connecting data center GPUs, CPUs and other components over a single network to speed AI workloads and cut costs
Series B · $21M · 2025-07
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Series B · $20M · 2025-06
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Seed · $15M · 2024-07
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China
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Angel · $100M · 2026-09
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Series C · $83M · 2026-05
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Series A1 · $71M · 2026-08 · Valuation $1.5B
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Other / unspecified
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Undisclosed · $9M · 2023-10
$9M - Bitdeer Technologies Group
Two business lines: bitcoin mining (proprietary mining machines, self-operated mining sites, cloud hashrate and hosting services); AI cloud and HPC (converting mining sites into GPU data centers, renting compute as IaaS/PaaS to enterprise AI developers and model training teams and providing AI cloud services).
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