Cerebras CEO: we burned $8M/month for 18 months on a chip that didn't work yet
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-10-18
Cerebras founder and CEO Andrew Feldman recounts the deep-tech startup arc: impossible, then impossible to manufacture, then no customers, no frontier labs, no hyperscalers. Cerebras spent about $8M per month for 18 months on a chip it couldn't yet make work, reporting to worried investors at board meetings every six weeks. Full video on TechCrunch's YouTube channel.
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