Positron bets on energy-efficient AI chips to challenge Nvidias dominance

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Positron raised $51.6 million in new funding, bringing its total capital to $75 million. The startup builds energy-efficient AI chips aimed at AI inference workloads and says its hardware can outperform Nvidia on performance per dollar and power use in specific tasks. Cloudflare is already testing the chips in long-term trials, which suggests real customer interest in the product. The company is competing with both other chip startups and large cloud providers that are developing their own inference hardware. This trend reflects growing demand for cheaper, more efficient AI infrastructure.

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