Overview
Tenstorrent is an AI chip company founded by Jim Keller (legendary chip architect). Developing RISC-V AI processors and Grayskull/Wormhole chips for AI training and inference. Targets automotive, robotics, and edge AI workloads. Raised $100M+ from Hyundai, Samsung, and others.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
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Leadership
Founder & CEO
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Data & sources
Web sources
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Tenstorrent on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Ljubisa Bajic Co-founder & CTOsince 2026-05-01secondary-verified
- Jim Keller CEOsince 2026-05-01secondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Ljubisa Bajicsolefounded 2016-01-01
Former / Previously (2)
- Jim Keller CTO2021 to 2026secondary-verified
- Ljubisa Bajic Founder & CEO2016 to 2026secondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Tenstorrent.
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Recent coverage
Tenstorrent in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
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Funding rounds (3)
Tenstorrent’s 3 disclosed rounds, $993M in total, oldest to newest.
- Series D2024-12-02
$693M(reported)
Investors: Samsung Securities (lead), AFW Partners (co_lead)
- Strategic Up-Round2023-08-01
$100M(reported)
Investors: Hyundai Motor Group (lead), Samsung Catalyst Fund
- Series C2021-05-01
$200M(reported)
Investors: Fidelity Management & Research (lead)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 7, 2026
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Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-05
Verification posture
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Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-05
Sources by quality tier
- 1
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Methodology surface for Tenstorrent.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Tenstorrent from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
MIPS Software to Silicon With RISC-V - EE Times
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Tenstorrent Sets New Performance Records, Launches TT- Ascalon S, and Expands Across Japan - NTB Kommunikasjon
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Panel with Arteris, GlobalFoundries, Tenstorrent: RISC-V Ecosystem Growth for Physical AI - EE Times
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Qualcomm eyes $10 billion AI shortcut as smartphone growth slows - thestreet.com
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Qualcomm in talks to acquire AI chip startup Tenstorrent for up to $10 Billion - Business Review Live
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Qualcomm in talks to buy Tenstorrent, The Information reports - Reuters
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Qualcomm Talks To Buy Tenstorrent For Up To $10 Billion - Finimize
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New Agentic AI Bundle Unifies Private Infrastructure, AI Compute and Autonomous Intelligence in a Fully Managed Platform - PRWeb
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Tenstorrent Announces General Availability of Galaxy Blackhole AI System - HPCwire
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Positioning Japan at the Center of AI and Next-Generation Semiconductor Design: Tenstorrent's Growth Strategy - jetro.go.jp
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What Is Edge AI? How the Latest AI Trends Are Tied Closely to Semiconductors - Rapidus株式会社
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Arm Compute Platform Underpins Rivian’s In-House Gen 3 Autonomy Hardware - HPCwire
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/tenstorrent.md
- RSS feed: /companies/tenstorrent/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/ee8f7b2b-f0e5-447c-91e2-d8a52e315020
- Revision history: /companies/tenstorrent/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Reality vs attention
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6-month trend
Analysis
Well-capitalized with $993M raised. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
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Attention (reach, not merit)
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Last computed: Aug 6, 2026