NanoCoreChip

Analog/compute-in-memory AI inference chips

Undisclosed · $125M · 2025-12

Compute-in-memory (CIM) AI memory chips and inference racks that let data centers support more users and longer context at the same power.

AI inference chips and systems for data centers

Series C · $450M · 2025-11 · Valuation $2.0B

Neuromorphic sensing-memory-compute chips, using brain-inspired computing and mixed-signal design to integrate sensing, storage and computation

Series C · $139M · 2026-10

3D compute-in-memory AI inference chips: 64 TOPS CIM units with in-house RISC-V vector architecture, 6GB-48GB 3D DRAM

Angel · $15M · 2026-10

High-performance edge/on-device AI inference chip design; open computing platform for agentic intelligence

Angel · $100M · 2026-09

Compute-in-memory AI inference chips and complete systems for data centers

Series C · 2026-10 · Valuation $6.5B pre-money

Photonic AI inference chip (DX-1/optical tensor processing unit) that uses SRAM plus photonic interconnects to bypass the HBM bottleneck, with accompanying optical networking and rack-scale systems

Series B · $532M · 2026-08 · Valuation $3.3B

System-level software that routes AI workloads to the most suitable models and chips based on cost and latency

Seed · $110M · 2026-08

Develops the RNGD data center inference accelerator card and the WARBOY vision NPU for enterprises running large model inference

Series D+ · $745M · 2026-10 · Valuation $2.9B

Formerly SenseTime's large chip division; focuses on developing and commercializing AI inference GPUs and inference chips for multimodal use cases

Undisclosed · $582M · 2026-04 · Valuation $1.5B

Develops near-memory AI inference chips and CXL computational memory products to reduce AI inference cost and power consumption

Series B · $185M · 2026-05 · Valuation $570M