
I-startup yama-chip e-AI i-Etched imemezele ngomhla ka-18 ngesikhathi sendawo ukuthi iphothule uxhaso olungu-$700 million (ngokwezinga lokushintshisana lamanje, cishe u-¥47.3 billion) ngenani lenkampani elingu-$21 billion (ngokwezinga lokushintshisana lamanje, cishe u-¥141.895 billion).
Le nkampani isivele ithumele amarack okuqala ama-accelerator e-AI kuJane Street, ohole kulolu xhaso. UJane Street uthe: “Siyihlolile le chip futhi sanelisekile ngemiphumela yokuqala. Indlela eyingqayizivele esetshenziswa yi-Etched ekwenzeni inference inikeza ukunemba esikudingayo ukuze sisekele imithwalo yomsebenzi enzima kakhulu. Sijabule kakhulu ngokuthumela amarack ethu ezikhungweni zedatha.”

Etched yaqongelela u-$500 million (ngokwezinga lokushintshisana lamanje, cishe u-¥33.78 billion) ngo-December 2025, ngenani langemva kotshalomali elingu-$5 billion (ngokwezinga lokushintshisana lamanje, cishe u-¥337.85 billion); kwathi esikhathini esingaphansi kwenyanga edlule, ngomhla ka-23 ku-July 2026, i-Etched yathola u-$300 million (ngokwezinga lokushintshisana lamanje, cishe u-¥20.27 billion) otshalomali obuholwa yi-Sequoia Capital, ngenani lenkampani elingu-$10.3 billion (ngokwezinga lokushintshisana lamanje, cishe u-¥695.96 billion).
