The Twenty Minute Vc (20vc): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch: 20vc: Sam Altman On The Trajectory Of Model Capability Improvements: Will Scaling Laws Continue | Semi-conductor Supply Chains | What Startups Will Be Steamrolled By Openai And Where Is Opportunity
Sam Altman is the CEO of OpenAI, one of the most important companies in history. OpenAI is on a mission to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. Prior to OpenAI, Sam was the President of Y Combinator and an angel investor in Stripe, Airbnb, Reddit and Instacart. 15 Questions with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman: 1. Will the trajectory of model capability improvement keep going at the same rate as it has been? 2. When did Sam doubt the continuance of scaling laws most? What has been the hardest technical research challenge OpenAI have overcome? 3.
Bigendian Semiconductors Raised $3M In A Funding Round Led By Vertex Ventures Sea & India, Et Telecom
Founded in 2024 by Kumar, Renuka Prasad, Harpreet Wadhawan, Dinesh Annayya, Kanagaraju Ponnusamy, and Jansen Cheng, the Bengaluru-based startup aims to develop homegrown semiconductor IP in India, with plans to launch its surveillance system-on-chip (SoC) solution. The company currently employs about 18 people.
China Tech: Five Us Venture Capital Firms Invested Over Us$3 Billion In Mainland Ai, Semiconductors | South China Morning Post
House panel rues ‘decades of investment’ after investigation of GGV Capital, GSR Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Sequoia Capital and Walden International.
Singapore Semiconductor Startup Silicon Box Raises Us$200 Million To Hit Us$1 Billion Valuation
SEMICONDUCTOR company Silicon Box has raised US$200 million in a Series B round, bringing its valuation to over US$1 billion less than three years after its founding, the startup said on Monday (Jan 8).
Semiconductor Startup Raises $55M To Help Cloud Companies Handle The Ai Boom
The advent of generative AI has turbocharged demand for cloud computing services, and data centers need a boost of their own to meet the rising demand. Chip design startup MangoBoost says it can give that boost.
Incore Semiconductors Raises $3M In Funding From Sequoia Capital, Et Telecom
InCore will use the funds raised to enhance its portfolio of core-hub generators and reference system-on-chip platforms aimed at multiple segments of the embedded chips space.
After Shelving Ipo, Semiconductor Startup Astera Labs Climbs To $3.2B Valuation In New Fidelity-led Funding Round
While other tech companies have seen their valuations slashed, Astera's has more than tripled to $3.2 billion from a previous $950 million.
Chinese Car Chip Start-up Siengine Raises Us$148 Million In New Funding As Private Equity Firms Invest In Semiconductors | South China Morning Post
SiEngine’s successful fundraising reflects venture capitalists’ renewed optimism in China’s semiconductor self-sufficiency drive.
Seattle Startup Tignis Raises $7.2M To Fuel Use Of Ai Process Control In Semiconductor Manufacturing – Geekwire
Seattle-based startup Tignis has raised $7.2 million in new funding as it continues to innovate with artificial intelligence process control in semiconductor manufacturing. The company’s PAICe suite of products uses AI and machine learning to accelerate the ability to build, validate and deploy machine learning enabled solutions in the manufacturing and process industries.
Semiconductor Watchlist: Intel, Amd, Marvel
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The benchmark PHLX Index (SOX) started the week at 3,211, down 1.47% over the prior week. The SOX is down 18.63% on a year-to-date basis. Semiconductors continued to slide last week, and unimpressed Wall Street analysts say it will get worse before it gets better for big semiconductor companies. Consider Morgan Stanley, which just downgraded Intel (INTC) to “underperform” from “equal weight”, in what’s best described as a trading strategy shift by the investment bank. Morgan also slashed Intel’s price target from $55 to $47.