Tenstorrent raises nearly $700 million in a Series D round that values the AI hardware company at more than $2.6 billion.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos participated in a funding round for AI chip startup Tenstorrent. Alongside Samsung Securities and AFW Partners, the billionaire's Bezos Expeditions participated in the $693 million Series D funding round that valued the startup at more than $2.6 billion.

Through his venture capital firm, Jeff Bezos has invested in Tenstorrent. The AI chip startup is focused on developing more affordable solutions. In a market

Tenstorrent, a Santa Clara, California-based startup, has secured nearly $700 million in funding, catapulting its valuation to $2.6 billion. This investment round, led by South Korea's

Tenstorrent is also a proponent of an alternative kind of logic processor based on an open standard called RISC-V, which poses a challenge to Arm Holdings Plc.

Billionaire Jeff Bezos is throwing his weight behind a computing company that’s coming for Nvidia’s (NVDA) dominance of the artificial intelligence chip market.

Canadian-founded, US-based AI hardware company Tenstorrent has secured more than $693 million USD in Series D funding from a slew of big-name investors including Samsung and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos has joined forces with Samsung to invest $700 million in Tenstorrent, an AI chip startup.

Tenstorrent, which hopes to create a chip to try and break Nvidia’s stranglehold on the AI business, raised capital in a funding round led by South Korea’s AFW Partners and Samsung Securities, founder and semiconductor pioneer Jim Keller said in an interview.

NVIDIA is part of the industry, being the world’s leading supplier of AI hardware. Now, the emerging competition is looking to grab a piece of the pie while offering reliable alternative options. Tenstorrent,