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AI chip startup Etched reaches $10.3 billion valuation

TechCrunch AI chip startup Etched defies skeptics, hits $10.3B valuation from big-name investors

Etched, founded by three Harvard dropouts, raised funding at a $10.3 billion valuation for chips it says speed up AI inference without GPUs.

Why it matters

More investor money is flowing into chips built only for AI, a sign of competition growing beyond Nvidia's GPUs.