Tattvam AI, a deeptech startup specializing in AI systems for automating semiconductor chip design, has successfully raised $1.7 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Seedcamp. Other participants in this funding round include EWOR, Entropy Industrial Ventures, Concept Ventures, and semiconductor angel Stan Boland.
The funding will be used to bolster the engineering team, expedite research efforts, introduce the company’s inaugural product to the market, and enhance collaborations with prominent chip design teams. Co-founded by Bragadeesh Suresh Babu and Lannan Jiang, Tattvam AI aims to revolutionize semiconductor development by facilitating faster chip design and customization for specific applications, thereby enhancing overall system performance.
Custom silicon, as opposed to general-purpose chips, is tailored for particular workloads like AI training or inference, offering remarkable performance enhancements of up to 100x compared to general-purpose hardware such as GPUs, while consuming less power. Tattvam AI is developing a reasoning model that comprehends circuits from fundamental principles, encompassing constraints, trade-offs, and interdependencies, in order to automate and expedite the chip design process.
By automating critical segments of the design process, the company aims to democratize custom silicon, curtail development expenses, and enable swift iterations in chip designs.
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