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Next Silicon
Ayar Labs
Lightmatter
SiFive
Credo Weaver (OmniConnect)
T
R
ChangXin Memory Technologies
proteanTecs
Y
Celestial AI
Arteris IP
PsiQuantum
Tenstorrent
Axelera AI
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Semiconductor Startups

April 15, 2026
20 entries

Semiconductor Startups.

Startups

Next Silicon

#1

Next Silicon

Rethinking compute architectures for future processing needs with novel VLSI designs.

Computing
$235MTel Aviv, Israel
Ayar Labs

#2

Ayar Labs

Co-packaged optics for higher bandwidth and lower power data transmission.

Semiconductors
$500MSan Jose, United States
Lightmatter

#3

Lightmatter

Developing photonic computing and interconnect technology to accelerate AI infrastructure and improve energy efficiency.

Hardware
$490MMountain View, United States
SiFive

#4

SiFive

Designs and licenses RISC-V based custom processor cores and IP for diverse applications.

AI Chip
$1.0BSan Jose, United States
Credo Weaver (OmniConnect)

#5

Credo Weaver (OmniConnect)

Credo Technology provides high-speed connectivity solutions for AI infrastructure, focusing on memory bottlenecks and data center networking.

AI Hardware
$170MSan Jose, United States
T

#6

Tsavorite Scalable Intelligence

Developing the Omni Processing Unit (OPU) that unifies CPU, GPU, memory, and connectivity for AI workloads.

AI Chip
$5MMilpitas, United States
R

#7

Rambus

Chip and silicon intellectual property technology company.

Semiconductors
$63MSan Jose, California, USA
ChangXin Memory Technologies

#8

ChangXin Memory Technologies

Designs and manufactures Dynamic Random-Access Memory (DRAM) chips for various applications.

AI Chip
Hefei, China
proteanTecs

#9

proteanTecs

Enabling the electronics industry to scale by transforming reliability and performance monitoring.

Inspection
$241MHaifa, Israel
Y

#10

Yangtze Memory Technologies

Chinese semiconductor company designing and manufacturing 3D NAND flash memory chips and SSDs.

Semiconductor Manufacturing
$226MWuhan, China
Celestial AI

#11

Celestial AI

Celestial AI develops Photonic Fabric, a revolutionary optical interconnect technology that scales AI compute and data movement within and across data centers, overcoming the limitations of traditional electronic interconnects.

Neocloud
$505M
Arteris IP

#12

Arteris IP

Provider of system IP and SoC integration automation and security for semiconductor development.

Semiconductors
$10MCampbell, United States
PsiQuantum

#13

PsiQuantum

Building a fault-tolerant quantum computer using photonics and silicon manufacturing.

Quantum Computing
$3.6BPalo Alto, United States
Tenstorrent

#14

Tenstorrent

Designs high-performance AI processors and RISC-V based compute solutions.

AI Chip
$1.4BToronto, Canada
Axelera AI

#15

Axelera AI

Axelera AI delivers an AI-native game-changing hardware and software platform to accelerate artificial intelligence.

3D Analytical Geometry
$444MEindhoven, Netherlands
Groq

#16

Groq

Groq develops a high-performance AI inference chip and compiler for ultra-low latency AI applications.

AI Hardware
$2.1BMountain View, United States
VeriSilicon

#17

VeriSilicon

Silicon Platform as a Service (SiPaaS) provider offering custom chip design and advanced IP solutions.

Chip Design
$34MShanghai, China
Fabric8Labs

#18

Fabric8Labs

Electrochemical Additive Manufacturing (ECAM) for high-resolution, scalable metal 3D printing.

Advanced Manufacturing
$176MSan Diego, United States
Cornelis Networks

#19

Cornelis Networks

Building scale-out networking solutions for AI data centers.

AI Infrastructure
$99MPlano, United States
d

#20

d-Matrix

$439M