Compute Efficiency AI News & Updates

Naveen Rao Raises Hundreds of Millions for Brain-Inspired AI Hardware Startup at $5B Valuation

October 3, 2025 21:56

Naveen Rao, former head of AI at Databricks, is raising $1 billion at a $5 billion valuation for Unconventional, Inc., a startup building novel AI computing hardware inspired by biological efficiency. Led by Andreessen H...

VC Midha: DeepSeek's Efficiency Won't Slow AI's GPU Demand

January 31, 2025 23:03

Andreessen Horowitz partner and Mistral board member Anjney Midha believes that despite DeepSeek's impressive R1 model demonstrating efficiency gains, AI companies will continue investing heavily in GPU infrastructure. H...