news Techcrunch Ai 2026-07-23

AI Chip Startup Etched Achieves $10.3B Valuation Despite Skepticism

AI chip startup Etched, founded by Harvard dropouts, has secured a $10.3 billion valuation from prominent investors. The company claims its new chips and memory components accelerate AI model inference without requiring GPUs.

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