Positron AI

Hardware · Reno, US

Energy-efficient AI inference hardware; develops the custom Asimov chip.

Founders

Thomas Sohmers (United States · ♂) — A semiconductor prodigy who taped out his first chip at 19 and founded REX Computing, then served as principal hardware architect at Lambda, he co-founded Positron in 2023 to build energy-efficient LLM inference chips.
Barrett Woodside (United States · ♂) — A hardware engineer who co-founded Positron in 2023 to build memory-optimized inference accelerators challenging Nvidia.
Edward Kmett (United States · ♂) — A renowned functional-programming engineer who co-founded Positron in 2023, contributing the software and compiler stack for its inference hardware.

Shares the most investors with (number = shared investors):

Date	Round	Amount
Feb 2026	Series B Positron AI closed a $230 million Series B co-led by ARENA Private Wealth, Jump Trading and Unless, becoming a unicorn in AI inference hardware.	$230M

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