@gabriel1: inference will be the biggest market in the world, intelligence is in infinite demand etched is bringing the AI Summer
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Etched, an AI inference hardware startup, exited stealth after raising $800M and securing over $1B in customer contracts. Their first racks ship this summer, claiming state-of-the-art throughput, latency, and power efficiency.
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inference will be the biggest market in the world, intelligence is in infinite demand
etched is bringing the AI Summer
Etched (@Etched): We’re coming out of stealth.
We’ve built our first racks after a successful A0 tapeout, $1B+ in customer contracts, and $800m raised.
Early customer tests show us achieving SOTA throughput, latency, and power efficiency on inference workloads.
Our first racks ship this summer.
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