Tenstorrent Raises $1.5B at $6.2B Valuation After Takeover Interest
Sethwinterroth · x · 2026-10-20
AI chip startup Tenstorrent has raised $1.5 billion in a funding round valuing it at $6.2 billion, per Bloomberg, after attracting takeover interest earlier this year. CEO Jim Keller says general-purpose AI computers that can run any kind of model are in demand.
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