Quadric (Series C)
Funding Details
Awarder
SemiNews
Date Award
January 14, 2026
Vertical
AI Hardware
Funding Amount
$30,000,000
Company Info
Traction
Product revenues more than tripled in 2025 vs. 2024. Quadric is entering 2026 with accelerating design-win momentum, driven by growing adoption of the General Purpose NPU (GPNPU) processor IP across edge LLM, automotive, and enterprise vision applications.
Organizations Involved
Tier IV of Japan
Founders
Veerbhan Kheterpal
Market
On-Device AI Chips
Location
Burlingame, California, USA
Coinvestors
Uncork Capital, Pear VC, Volta, Gentree, Wanxiang America, Pivotal, Silicon Catalyst Ventures
Company Description

Quadric is the inference engine inside on-device AI chips. Trusted by leading chip designers, Quadric's General Purpose NPU (GPNPU) processor IP and end-to-end toolchain enable customers to go from engagement to production-ready AI silicon in under six months. Chimera scales to 864 TOPS, with automotive-grade options.

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