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Tenstorrent
Merchant RISC-V AI accelerator; Blackhole GA, open TT-Metalium stack vs hyperscaler ASICs
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Recent Business Signals
Jun 24, 2026
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Qualcomm Bets $14 Billion on Cracking Nvidia's AI Monopoly With RISC-V and an Open Compiler - Tech Times Qualcomm Bets $14 Billion on Cracking Nvidia's AI Monopoly With RISC-V and an Open Compiler Tech Times
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Jun 23, 2026
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Qualcomm Acquiring RISC-V Chip Start-Up Tenstorrent? - Counterpoint Research Qualcomm Acquiring RISC-V Chip Start-Up Tenstorrent? Counterpoint Research
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Jun 19, 2026
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Qualcomm Is Reportedly Buying Tenstorrent to Get Serious About AI Chips - Memeburn Qualcomm Is Reportedly Buying Tenstorrent to Get Serious About AI Chips Memeburn
source: gnews-tenstorrent
Jun 18, 2026
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Qualcomm considers acquiring AI chip firm Tenstorrent - Data Center Dynamics Qualcomm considers acquiring AI chip firm Tenstorrent Data Center Dynamics
source: gnews-tenstorrent
Jun 18, 2026
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Qualcomm Goes All-In: The $10B Bet to Crush NVIDIA - MarketBeat Qualcomm Goes All-In: The $10B Bet to Crush NVIDIA MarketBeat
source: gnews-tenstorrent
Jun 18, 2026
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Qualcomm to Spend $10 Billion Acquiring Chip Legend Jim Keller's Company - 36 Kr Qualcomm to Spend $10 Billion Acquiring Chip Legend Jim Keller's Company 36 Kr
source: gnews-tenstorrent
Jun 18, 2026
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Qualcomm is reportedly considering a Tenstorrent acquisition for up to 10 billion dollars: Jim Keller’s AI and RISC-V company in focus - igor´sLAB Qualcomm is reportedly considering a Tenstorrent acquisition for up to 10 billion dollars: Ji…
source: gnews-tenstorrent
Jun 18, 2026
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Qualcomm Goes All-In: The $10B Bet to Crush NVIDIA - MarketBeat Qualcomm Goes All-In: The $10B Bet to Crush NVIDIA MarketBeat
source: gnews-tenstorrent
Jun 17, 2026
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Qualcomm Pursues Tenstorrent at Up to $10 Billion: RISC-V Bet on Nvidia’s Blind Spot - Tech Times Qualcomm Pursues Tenstorrent at Up to $10 Billion: RISC-V Bet on Nvidia’s Blind Spot Tech Times
source: gnews-tenstorrent
Jun 17, 2026
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Qualcomm eyes $10 billion AI shortcut as smartphone growth slows - thestreet.com Qualcomm eyes $10 billion AI shortcut as smartphone growth slows thestreet.com
source: gnews-tenstorrent
Jun 16, 2026
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Qualcomm said to be circling AI chip biz Tenstorrent in $10B RISC-V power play - The Register Qualcomm said to be circling AI chip biz Tenstorrent in $10B RISC-V power play The Register
source: gnews-tenstorrent
Jun 16, 2026
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Qualcomm mulls taking over Jim Keller's Tenstorrent, report claims — deal for AI chipmaker would value the company at between $8 billion and $10 billion - Tom's Hardware Qualcomm mulls taking over Jim Keller's Tenstorrent, report claims — d…
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Jun 15, 2026
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Qualcomm in Talks to Buy Tenstorrent to Expand AI Chip Capabilities - The Information Qualcomm in Talks to Buy Tenstorrent to Expand AI Chip Capabilities The Information
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Jun 15, 2026
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Qualcomm in talks to buy Tenstorrent, The Information reports - Yahoo Finance Singapore Qualcomm in talks to buy Tenstorrent, The Information reports Yahoo Finance Singapore
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Jun 15, 2026
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Qualcomm in talks to buy Jim Keller's AI chip startup Tenstorrent - 디지털투데이 Qualcomm in talks to buy Jim Keller's AI chip startup Tenstorrent 디지털투데이
source: gnews-tenstorrent
May 4, 2026
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Tenstorrent launched TT-Deploy, an open-source AI deployment platform.
source: funding-research
Apr 29, 2026
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Tenstorrent launched its 'AI at Scale with Industry-Leading Performance' platform for scalable AI deployment.
source: funding-research
Apr 29, 2026
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Tenstorrent announced industry-leading AI workstation performance results in its AI at Scale announcement.
source: funding-research
Funding & valuation history
Nov 26, 2025 · funding-research
Tenstorrent closed an $800M Series E round at a $3.2B–$4.02B post-money valuation.
Nov 26, 2025 · funding-research
Tenstorrent announced a ~$800M Series E round at a $4.02B post-money valuation (price per share $80.85).
Nov 26, 2025 · funding-research
Tenstorrent completed a Series E round of $800M on November 26, 2025, at a post-money valuation of $3.2B–$4.02B.
Dec 2, 2024 · funding-research
Tenstorrent closed a Series D round of over $693M on December 2, 2024, led by Samsung Securities and AFW Partners, at a pre-money valuation of $2B.
Dec 2, 2024 · funding-research
Tenstorrent closed a $693M Series D round at a $2B pre-money valuation, led by Samsung Securities and AFW Partners.
Dec 2, 2024 · funding-research
Tenstorrent closed a $693M+ Series D round led by Samsung Securities and AWF Partners at a $2B pre-money valuation ($2.61B post-money), with participation from XTX Markets, Bezos Expeditions, LG Electronics, Hyundai, Fidelity, and Baillie Gifford.
Dec 2, 2024 · funding-research
Tenstorrent closed a $693M+ Series D round at a $2B pre-money valuation, led by Samsung Securities and AFW Partners, with co-investors including XTX Markets, LG Electronics, Hyundai Motor Group, Fidelity, Baillie Gifford, and Bezos Expeditions.
Strategic Position
What they do best
Shipping an openly programmable merchant accelerator: Blackhole p150a (140 Tensix cores, 32GB GDDR6) hit GA in May 2025 (c5631efa) with a fully open TT-Metalium stack (b9b0709b).
Their bet
Win cost/performance against hyperscaler custom ASICs by riding Samsung SF2 2nm for the next-gen Quasar chiplet (c270298c) plus sovereign-AI compute mandates referenced in the company profile.
Top risk
TT-Metalium/TT-Forge may not reach out-of-box parity for mainstream LLM training/inference, leaving Blackhole GA cards (c5631efa) with no disclosed volume design win by 2026-H2.
Forward view
Derived from public capacity & product announcements — not a company-authored roadmap.
product launch · May 4, 2026
Tenstorrent launched TT-Deploy, an open-source AI deployment platform.
product launch · Apr 29, 2026
Tenstorrent launched its 'AI at Scale with Industry-Leading Performance' platform for scalable AI deployment.
product launch · Apr 29, 2026
Tenstorrent announced industry-leading AI workstation performance results in its AI at Scale announcement.
Compared to peers
Direct competitor
AMD
AMD ships MI300/MI350 at volume with maturing ROCm; Tenstorrent is pre-volume, betting on open RISC-V and lower cost/performance.
Substitute
Groq
Groq's LPU is inference-only with deterministic latency; Tenstorrent Blackhole is a general train+inference programmable part.
Why someone would join
- 1.Silicon is real, not pre-tapeout: Blackhole p150a (140 Tensix cores, 32GB GDDR6) reached GA May 2025 (c5631efa) and scaled to 32-chip Galaxy systems by Sept 2025 (b9b0709b) — work is productization.
- 2.Next-gen 2nm program is staffing now: Samsung SF2 Quasar chiplet partnership signed July 2025 (c270298c) with 2 ASIC physical-design/DFT backend reqs opened April 2026, indicating an active tapeout pipeline.
Recent Hiring (60 days)
No specialty signals in the last 60 days.