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Etched
Etched designs and manufactures specialized AI hardware, specifically frontier inference clusters, chips, and rack-scale systems tailored for large language models and other AI workloads. The company serves AI companies, cloud providers, and hyperscalers by providing high-throughput, low-latency, and power-efficient infrastructure for prefill and decode tasks.
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Etched at a glance
Etched is a semiconductors company headquartered in United States. It has raised at least $1.9B across the 3 funding rounds on record. Its most recent funding round, Series D, raised $700M in August 2026. Xcout tracks 12 named people at Etched, including Robert Wachen (COO). Xcout recorded 65 job postings from Etched in the last 90 days, naming tools such as NetSuite, SAP.
Etched leadership
- Robert WachenCOO
- Mark RossCTO
- Gavin UbertiCo-Founder & CEO
- Rob Wachenco-founder and president
- Robert WachenCo-Founder & President
- Chris ZhuCo-Founder
6 more named people on record for Etched, with roles, board committees and tenure — see the full roster →
Etched funding rounds
At least $1.9B raised across the 3 rounds on record. Every round on record:
| Date | Round | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series D | $700M | 7 named | |
| Series C | $800M | 23 named | |
| Series B | $500M | 8 named |
Who invested in each round, lead investors, valuations and the co-investor graph — open the full funding history →
Hiring at Etched
Xcout recorded 65 job postings from Etched in the last 90 days, from a hiring record Xcout has kept since June 2026.
Tools named in Etched's job postings
The weekly hiring trend, the roles and locations behind it — see Etched's hiring signals →
Recent Etched news
- FundingEtched haalt $700 miljoen Series D op tegen een waardering van $21 miljard om de productie van inference‑hardware op te schalen
- FundingEtched recauda 700 millones de dólares con una valoración de 21 mil millones de dólares. - es.qz.com
- FundingKI-Startup Etched verdoppelt Bewertung auf 21 Mrd. US-Dollar mit 700-Mio.-Finanzierung - Investing.com Deutsch
- FundingLa startup de puces IA Etched lève 300 millions de dollars sur une valorisation de 10,3 milliards de dollars
8 corporate events on record, with sources — see the full timeline →
Hiring vs the trend
Based on 30 job postings in the last 8 weeks (10 Aug – 4 Oct 2026), compared with 197 startup technology companies.
This describes a hiring pattern — how often Etched’s job postings ask for AI skills, and how that changed against the previous 8 weeks, ranked among its peers. It says nothing about the company’s products or performance.
Signed-in members see the AI-skill share and its change with peer percentiles, role mix, posting momentum and advertised US pay against the market.
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Tech stack
Etched competitors
A few of Etched's closest competitors — see the full list of competitors and alternatives →
Fractile develops specialized hardware processors designed to accelerate frontier AI model inference. The company's technology interleaves memory and compute to deliver low latency and high throughput, enabling organizations to run advanced AI models faster and at a lower cost.
Graphcore Systems develops hardware and software technology designed to accelerate machine learning workloads in the cloud. The company serves enterprise customers and financial institutions looking to enhance artificial intelligence applications such as natural language processing and speech recognition.
Tensordyne designs and manufactures next-generation AI inference systems and custom silicon optimized for data centers, hyperscalers, and enterprises. Its flagship product, the Tensordyne Napier system, utilizes proprietary logarithmic mathematics and low-latency interconnects to accelerate multi-modal generative AI, Mixture of Experts, and agentic workloads with high energy efficiency.
FuriosaAI is a South Korean semiconductor company that develops purpose-built AI accelerator chips for data-center inference and other AI workloads. Its products, including the Warboy and RNGD processors, are designed for organizations deploying large-scale machine-learning applications and infrastructure.
Eliyan Corporation develops semiconductor connectivity technologies, including chiplet interconnects, PHY IP cores, and electro-optical interconnect solutions. Its products, such as NuLink and NuGear, are designed to improve performance, power efficiency, and bandwidth scaling for artificial intelligence infrastructure and high-performance computing data centers.
CrossFire Technologies Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company headquartered in Minnesota. The company builds advanced chiplet interconnect solutions to support artificial intelligence and high-performance computing infrastructure.
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More on Etched in Xcout Intel
- 12 named people with titles, LinkedIn and board committees
- 3 funding rounds with the investors in each, and who they co-invest with
- Weekly hiring history and the mix of roles behind it
- 8 corporate events with sources — deals, leadership changes, layoffs
- The full competitor set, tracking, exports and API access