We are creating a platform that makes it easy to turn any deep learning model into custom silicon quickly.
Location: United States
Total raised: $219M
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 19.02.2026 | - | $169M | Fidelity M... |
| 06.03.2024 | - | $50M | - |
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| Date | Title | Description |
| 12.08.2026 | Tech Sector Roils: Intel Fuels SoftBank, Social Media Faces Reckoning, AI Race Accelerates | Tech giants confront rapid shifts. SoftBank saw huge Intel gains, contrasting static OpenAI valuations this quarter. Major social media platforms, including Meta and TikTok, face thousands of addiction lawsuits, prompting calls for signific... |
| 12.08.2026 | AMD Accelerates AI Strategy with Taalas Acquisition | Advanced Micro Devices acquired Taalas, a startup pioneering hard-wired AI inference chips. This move fortifies AMD's specialized silicon strategy. Taalas' accelerators bypass traditional GPU memory walls. They deliver specific AI model out... |
| 07.08.2026 | AMD deepens AI inference bet with Taalas deal as chip race heats up | Aug 6 : Advanced Micro Devices said on Thursday it would buy chip startup Taalas for an undisclosed amount, strengthening its technology as it taps into the rapidly growing market for AI inference workloads. Toronto-based Taalas develops sp... |
| 07.08.2026 | AMD Buys Taalas to Hardwire AI Models Into Silicon, Bypassing GPU Memory Wall | By William Chan Published: Aug 07 2026, 7:11 AM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard |
| 07.08.2026 | Top Tech News Today, August 7, 2026: AMD, Cloudflare, Google, Meta, Nvidia, SpaceX, Suno, Tesla & More | It’s Friday, August 7, 2026, and the past 24 hours just rewrote the tech playbook as billions of dollars have poured into the physical backbone of artificial intelligence, from Nvidia-backed data centers and next-generation networking to cu... |
| 06.08.2026 | AMD buys chip startup that hardwires AI models into its silicon | Advanced Micro Devices has agreed to acquire Taalas, a startup that makes chips for inference. Taalas’ accelerators are customized, or hard-wired for a single AI model. The deal comes just over seven months after Nvidia bought assets from s... |
| 23.02.2026 | Taalas Unleashes New AI Silicon Paradigm, Challenging GPU Dominance | Taalas unveils specialized AI chips. Their HC1 model embeds Llama 3.1 8B directly into silicon. This innovation yields 17,000 tokens/second, dramatically surpassing GPUs. It offers 10x faster processing, 10x energy savings, and 20x lower pr... |
| 20.02.2026 | Стартап Taalas впаял нейросеть в кремний и получил рекордные 17 000 токенов в секунду | Канадский стартап Taalas вышел из стелс-режима и показал первый продукт — специализированный чип HC1 с "захардкоженной" Llama 3.1 8B. Модель не загружается в память, а буквально впаяна в кремний: веса зашиты в транзисторы на этапе... |
| 19.02.2026 | Taalas raises $169M in funding to develop model-specific AI chips Send us a News Tip EXTRACT THE SIGNAL FROM THE NOISE Cookies | Taalas Inc., a startup that develops chips optimized to run specific artificial intelligence models, has raised $169 million in funding. Reuters reported today that the company’s backers include Quiet Capital, Fidelity and prominent semicon... |
| 10.03.2024 | Taalas Revolutionizes AI with $50M Funding | Taalas Inc., a Toronto-based AI and silicon innovator, secures $50M in funding to propel its mission of embedding deep learning models directly into silicon. Led by Pierre Lamond and Quiet Capital, the funding rounds mark a significant mile... |
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