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Etched lands $300M to push frontier inference hardware
Jul 23, 2026SOURCE: globenewswire.com
SO WHAT
The window narrows: control over inference capacity is turning from a software race into a capital-intensive gatekeeper.
New Series C backing from Sequoia, a16z, Jane Street, and SK Hynix lifts Etched to a $10.3B valuation as it scales production and deployments. The signal is not just capital — it is hardware sovereignty moving closer to a few hands.
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