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Cerebras IPO Revives AI Chip Startup Fever

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eetimes.com 2026-05-15 Sally Ward-Foxton

A soaring valuation validates investor appetite for non-GPU AI hardware, but customer concentration, technical scaling limits and fierce competition loom ahead.

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Nvidia Taps British AI Startup to Build ‘Next Frontier’ of AI - AI Business

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aibusiness.com 2026-05-14 AI Business

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TSMC says AI will push the chip market past $1.5 trillion by 2030 - Startup Fortune

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startupfortune.com 2026-05-14 Startup Fortune

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Nvidia's Jensen Huang bets on this British startup to build 'next frontier' of AI - CNBC

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www.cnbc.com 2026-05-13 CNBC

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Nvidia's Jensen Huang bets on this British startup to build 'next frontier' of AI - CNBC

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www.cnbc.com 2026-05-13 CNBC

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Nvidia Treats AI as a Competitive Weapon. Here’s How to Do the Same at Your Startup - inc.com

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www.inc.com 2026-05-13 inc.com

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Startup Semiconductor Startup HrdWyr Advances AI-Native Chip Design with Fresh $13 Million Funding - Analytics Insight

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www.analyticsinsight.net 2026-05-12 Analytics Insight

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SoftBank to manufacture its own batteries to power AI data centers

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tomshardware.com 2026-05-12 Luke James

The Japanese company is partnering with two South Korean startups, Cosmos Lab and DeltaX, to produce zinc-halogen batteries.

SoftBank AI data centers Battery manufacturing Zinc-halogen batteries Energy storage systems Data center infrastructure Vertical integration Japanese semiconductor

Japan's diamond chip startups move toward production as factory and samples advance

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digitimes.com 2026-05-12

Japan's diamond semiconductor sector is moving closer to practical use, as university-backed startups advance factory construction, sample production, and device demonstrations for high-frequency, high-power, and harsh-environment applications.

OpenAI takes lion’s share of NVIDIA’s $40B investment playbook. Here are the other startups it has backed - Tech Funding News

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techfundingnews.com 2026-05-12 Tech Funding News

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Wooptix Targets AI Packaging Bottleneck with Astronomy Tech

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eetimes.com 2026-05-11

A Canary Islands startup brings wavefront imaging to semiconductor metrology, aiming to tackle wafer shape challenges in 3D integration.

Semiconductor Packaging AI Processors Advanced Packaging 3D Integration Wavefront Sensing Wafer Metrology Wafer Warpage Optical Measurement

Startup successfully tests 3D-printed rocket fuel that could enable lighter missiles and faster production rates

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tomshardware.com 2026-05-07 Etiido Uko

Solid 3D printed rocket fuel is now a reality

3D printing rocket propellant defense applications propulsion system materials science manufacturing innovation solid rocket fuel elastomeric materials

How Spain’s ICFO Helped Build a Quantum Security Startup for the AI Era

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eetimes.com 2026-05-06

ICFO spinoff Quside has developed a quantum random number generator chip for secure cryptography applications.

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Nvidia, AMD back $100M round for AI tooling startup RadixArk - SiliconANGLE

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siliconangle.com 2026-05-06 SiliconANGLE

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Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel backs $140M wave-powered AI data center startup Panthalassa,

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tomshardware.com 2026-05-05 Etiido Uko

Panthalassa raises $140M to build wave-powered offshore nodes that generate electricity and run AI workloads at sea, tackling data center energy and cooling challenges.

AI data center wave energy sustainable energy ocean technology startup funding AI computing clean energy data center innovation

Nvidia and Pulte are helping this startup put mini data centers on homes - CNBC

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news.google.com 2026-05-05 CNBC

AI Computing Is a Memory Hog. An Nvidia-Backed Startup Has an Answer. - Yahoo Finance

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finance.yahoo.com 2026-05-05 Yahoo Finance

AI Computing Is a Memory Hog. An Nvidia-Backed Startup Has an Answer - WSJ

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www.wsj.com 2026-05-05 WSJ

Athos Scraps Multi-Vendor Roadmap, Plans Chiplet Tape-Out

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