Etched

$1.5B raised across 3 rounds tracked here. Latest: $700M on 19 August 2026.

Rounds 3

Round, 23 July 2026$300M

Etched raised $300 million, reaching a $10.3 billion valuation.

Amount
$300M
Announced
23 July 2026
Lead
Sequoia Capital
Other investors
Andreessen Horowitz, Jane Street, Diffusion, Argo, SK Hynix
Use of funds
The company will use the proceeds to expand production and customer deployments.
Valuation
$10.3B
Checked
Amount and date matched across 2 press sources

Round, 13 January 2026$500M

Etched raised $500 million to challenge Nvidia in AI chips.

Amount
$500M
Announced
13 January 2026
Lead
Stripes
Other investors
Peter Thiel, Positive Sum, Ribbit Capital
Total raised
$1B to date
Valuation
$5B
Checked
Amount and date matched across 2 press sources

Company

Develops specialized artificial intelligence chips for a single model architecture

Based in
San Jose
Founded
2022
Sector
AI
Website
etched.com ↗

Founders

Sources and links

Sources
Etched Raises $700M in Funding - FinSMEs news.google.com, 19 August 2026
Etched raises $700M led by Jane Street, doubling to $21B and it still only makes one kind of chip techfundingnews.com, 19 August 2026
AI chip startup Etched raises $300 million at $10.3 billion valuation - The Economic Times news.google.com, 23 July 2026
Etched raises $300M at a $10.3B Valuation to Scale Production of Frontier Scale Inference Hardware - GlobeNews news.google.com, 23 July 2026
AI Chip Startup Etched Raises $500 Million to Take on Nvidia - Bloomberg.com news.google.com, 13 January 2026
AI Chip Startup Etched Raises $500 Million to Take on Nvidia - Bloomberg Law News news.google.com, 13 January 2026
Website
etched.com ↗
LinkedIn
Gavin Uberti ↗, Chris Zhu ↗
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