Economy

AI Chip Startup Etched Doubles Valuation to $21 Billion

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THE BRIEF
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AI hardware startup Etched has doubled its valuation to $21 billion in less than a month, following a successful $700 million funding round.

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The company is aggressively hiring talent from Nvidia to scale its specialized AI inference hardware, signaling intense competition in the semiconductor sector.

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This rapid valuation growth highlights the massive investor appetite for infrastructure companies capable of supporting the next generation of large-scale AI models.