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Tenstorrent raised $1.5 billion and reached a $6.2 billion valuation, after drawing acquisition interest earlier this year.
Why it matters: The funding lets the Nvidia challenger stay independent as it scales its open-weight AI chips.
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NVIDIA
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- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL · 15 Oct 2026 · $0.15 in / $0.5 out per million tokens
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- Growth · $1.5B · 19 Oct 2026
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Source
“After drawing acquisition interest earlier this year, the Nvidia challenger raised $1.5 billion to remain independent.”
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