Tag: chip
Google and Nvidia-backed CentML secures $37 million CAD to help companies deploy AI amid chip shortages
Toronto startup wants to help AI hardware “starvation period” by optimizing ML models. As companies race to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) amid chip shortages,…
As semiconductor re-shoring efforts heat up, SILICAN urges feds to provide more targeted domestic chip support
New report comes after US commits $50 billion to its own domestic chip sector. The Semiconductor Industry Leadership and Innovation Canada Action Network (SILICAN)…
A|I: The AI Times – Canadian AI chip manufacturer closes $100M from global backers
Plus: Luge Capital’s David Nault on making investment decisions through the AI hype cycle. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest…
Samsung, Hyundai, Kia back AI chip manufacturer Tenstorrent in $100-million USD round
Tenstorrent receives major backing from strategic investors ahead of planned Series D round next year. Toronto-based Tenstorrent, which builds computers meant to train and…
Spark Microsystems raises $34 million to meet chip demand amid supply crunch
Spark aims to accelerate product development amid chip shortages and demand fluctuations. Montréal-based fabless semiconductor company Spark Microsystems has closed $34 million CAD in…
Tenstorrent swaps CEOs as Apple, AMD, Intel alum takes helm of AI chip unicorn
Renowned chip designer Jim Keller has become CEO of Toronto-based artificial intelligence (AI) hardware company Tenstorrent. Keller, who first joined Tenstorrent as president and…
A|I: The AI Times – The AI chip war goes hot
Plus: Startup behind AI image generator in talks to raise at a valuation up to $1 billion. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter…