Korean NPU startup Rebellions enters Japan with ai&, targeting up to 100 racks of RebelRack
DavidBennett__ · x · 2026-10-08
Korean AI chip startup Rebellions and Japan's ai& held a press conference announcing a partnership to expand AI inference infrastructure in Japan, deploying Rebellions' RebelRack inference systems at ai&-operated data centers with a staged scale-up targeting up to 100 racks.
- ai& founder/CEO David Bennett and Rebellions CBO Marshall Choy announced the collaboration.
- Both sides say the goal is pushing AI inference unit cost "close to zero." EE Times Japan covered the story.
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