AI chip startup Etched says it has raised $800M from investors including Jane Street and a venture firm linked to TSMC, and has signed sales contracts worth $1B (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)

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Etched raised $800M and claims $1B in sales contracts, signaling major investor and customer demand for specialized AI inference chips.

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<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-30/ai-chip-startup-etched-says-jane-street-tsmc-linked-vc-invested"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260630/i16.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260630/p16#a260630p16" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Dina Bass / <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/">Bloomberg</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-30/ai-chip-startup-etched-says-jane-street-tsmc-linked-vc-invested">AI chip startup Etched says it has raised $800M from investors including Jane Street and a venture firm linked to TSMC, and has signed sales contracts worth $1B</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Nvidia rival says it has raised $800 million and has $1 billion in contracts.&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; AI chip startup Etched said it has raised $800 million &hellip; </p>