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Rivos, founded in 2021 in Santa Clara, California, develops RISC-V-based server technology aimed at enhancing data analytics and generative AI workloads.
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Company· 12
Investor· 10
Founders / team· 1
Funding history
- 2024-04Series A$250M
Investors · VentureTech Alliance, Hotung Venture Group, Cambium Capital, MediaTek, Koch Disruptive Technologies, Dell Technologies Capital, Walden Catalyst Ventures, Intel Capital, Matrix Capital Management, CIDC Co., Capital TENSource · SVTR Weekly #049
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M&A deals
- 2025-10TargetMetaAcquisition