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Chips & Compute

This chip startup just raised $135M on a bet that AI’s biggest bottleneck isn’t compute — it’s memory

TechCrunchPublished May 29, 2026

A chip startup secured $135 million in funding, betting that memory limitations are the main bottleneck in AI performance rather than compute power. The company aims to address memory challenges to advance AI capabilities.

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