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Straiker

AI infra comparison — funding, valuation, and investors, sourced from Value Add Pulse coverage.

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Etched

Etched designs Sohu, a transformer-only ASIC chip built to accelerate AI inference workloads more efficiently than general-purpose GPUs like Nvidia's.

6 Pulse stories
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Straiker

Straiker is an agentic AI security company that helps enterprises discover, test, and protect autonomous AI agents from novel security risks.

2 Pulse stories
Total Raised
$800M
$85M
EtchedStraiker
Last Valuation
$10.3B
EtchedStraiker
AI infra
Sector
AI infra
2022
Founded
2025
San Jose, California
HQ
Mountain View, California
Private
Status
Private
Etched investors
Sequoia CapitalAndreessen HorowitzJane StreetSK HynixStripesPeter Thiel/Thiel CapitalPrimary Venture PartnersPositive Sum Ventures
Straiker investors
Marathon Management PartnersCiti VenturesIlluminate FinancialWorkday VenturesBain Capital VenturesLightspeedGTM CapitalRain Capital

Data from Value Add Pulse coverage and company research — see the full threads for Etched and Straiker.

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