E
EtchedTransformer-only AI inference chip startup (Sohu) founded by Harvard dropouts, with $1B+ in signed customer contracts and a $10.3B valuation.
7 Pulse stories
O
OpenAIOpenAI is the maker of ChatGPT and the GPT model family, serving roughly 900M weekly active users with 50M+ paid subscribers — it filed its S-1 on June 8, 2026 ahead of a planned IPO.
212 Pulse stories
Total Raised
~$925M
$180B
EtchedOpenAI
Last Valuation
$10.3B (Jul 2026)
$852B
EtchedOpenAI
AI infra
Sector
AI infra
2022
Founded
2015
Cupertino, CA
HQ
San Francisco, California, USA
Private
Status
Private
Etched investors
Sequoia CapitalAndreessen HorowitzStripesPeter ThielJane StreetSK HynixTwo Sigma
OpenAI investors
MicrosoftSoftBankNvidiaAmazonThrive CapitalSequoia CapitalKhosla Ventures
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