Unconventional AI (Seed)
Funding Details
Awarder
SemiNews
Date Award
December 1, 2025
Vertical
AI Hardware
Funding Amount
$475,000,000
Company Info
Founding Year
2025
Market
Data Centers
Location
San Francisco, USA
Coinvestors
Lightspeed Venture Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Lux Capital, DCVC, Future Ventures, individual investors
Company Description

Unconventional AI co-designs analog AI chips, algorithms, and software with the goal of dramatically increasing AI energy efficiency. The startup believes it can achieve energy efficiency akin to the brain by building circuits and software that interface with the inherent physics of silicon and demonstrate non-linear dynamics similar to those of biological neurons.

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