Positron AI
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$1.2B
3 rounds on record
Latest round
$875M
Series C · Sep 2026 · 1 mo ago
Team
44
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025 · +175% in a year
Hiring now
17
+4 posted in 30 days
Backers
2
Cisco Investments, NEA
The money's age
Fresh money
1 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
59/100
hiring for its size, in the news, fresh money, rising traction
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Sep 10
Raised a round Series C $875M · PRNewswire
Aug 1
First executive search Director of ASIC Design
Feb 4
Raised a round Series B $230M
2025
Team of 44 was 16 · US Form 5500 (plan participants)
Jul 28, 2025
Raised a round Series A $51.6M · businesswire
2023
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 2%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Hacker News stories
3
best: 3 points
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series C | Sep 2026 | $875M | — | PRNewswire |
| Series B | Feb 2026 | $230M | — | financialpost.com |
| Series A | Jul 2025 | $51.6M | — | businesswire |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Positron AI, Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Mitesh AgrawalExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Thomas SohmersExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
Cisco Investments 
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Visa sponsorship
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- Canada · Approved LMIA in the last two years
Overview
Positron AI builds purpose-built inference servers for large language models, aiming for much higher energy efficiency than general-purpose GPU systems. Its Atlas hardware uses field-programmable logic and a memory-centric design to serve transformer models at high token throughput. The company was founded in 2023 and assembles its systems in the United States.
News
Positron Raises $875M To Challenge Nvidia In AI Inference
Positron AI has raised $875 million at a $5 billion valuation to challenge Nvidia with cheaper, power-efficient AI inference hardware.
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Former Lambda, Groq alums secure $875M to build 'memory-first' AI inference chips
Neocloud veterans bank on low-power DRAM to power custom inference servers
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Positron AI raises $875m at a $5bn valuation to support develop of next-generation hardware
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Liberty Global Tech Ventures Invests in AI Inference Hardware and Software Company, Positron AI
Positron AI develops hardware and software for memory-first AI inference systems Positron joins growing portfolio of AI firms that Liberty Global ...
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Positron AI raises $875 million, valuation $5B, aims to challenge NVIDIA
AI chip startup Positron raised $875 million, quadrupling its valuation to $5 billion in seven months, driven by advancements in AI inference systems and specialized processors.
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Positron AI Raises $875M to Scale AI Inference Hardware
Positron AI Raises $875M to scale memory-first inference hardware and develop efficient systems for demanding AI workloads.
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Positron AI Raises $875 Million Series C At $5 Billion Valuation To Scale Memory-First AI Inference Chips
Positron AI has raised $875 million in Series C financing at a $5 billion post-money valuation to bring its next-generation AI inference silicon and systems to market following deployment of more than 50 racks of its first-generation Atlas platform at Ora
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Positron AI Raises $875 Million at a $5 Billion Valuation to Bring Its Next-Generation Inference Silicon to Market
/PRNewswire/ -- Positron AI, the AI inference hardware company built to make serving AI models dramatically cheaper and more energy efficient, today announced...
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launched GPT-5.5 Priority processing at 2.5 standard rates
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Positron AI over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
53
Postings analysed
25
Stack modernity
75/100AI adopter
Languages
Python56%
SystemVerilog40%
Perl16%
Verilog16%
Frameworks & libraries
UVM28%
Cocotb16%
SGLang8%
TPOT4%
Cloud & platforms
AWS Lambda24%
AWS24%
Linux20%
vLLM8%
AI & ML
LLM12%
VLM4%
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$300k
Typical range
$225k – $400k
Open positions
17
16
Jobs
Senior
50%
Staff
18.8%
Principal
6.3%
Architect
25%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | 8 | $290k | $225k – $300k |
| Staff | 3 | $350k | $350k – $400k |
| Principal | 1 | $350k | $350k |
| Architect | 4 | $350k | $300k – $350k |
Highest paying role
AI Forward Deployed Engineer, Lead
$400k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Positron AI
By role, level and city, against the market · 17 jobs with pay
People
Mitesh Agrawal
Executive Officer, Director
Thomas Sohmers
Executive Officer, Director
Robert Reid
Director
Ari Schottenstein
Director
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
68/100
Growing
Open positions
17
5 opened / 10 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
65 days
faster than 20% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Hardware
67% ▼
Leadership
8% ▲
AI/ML
4% ▲
Backend
4% ▼
Security
4% ▼
Product
4% ▼
Actively hiring for Hardware (+3 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added AWS to stack
Sep 2026
Added Groq to stack
Sep 2026
Added AWS Lambda to stack
Sep 2026
Added Rest API to stack
Sep 2026
Added Machine Learning to stack
Sep 2026
Added Linux to stack
Sep 2026
Added SystemC to stack
Sep 2026
Added Rust to stack
Sep 2026
Added QEMU to stack
Sep 2026
Added Haskell to stack
Sep 2026
Added OpenAI Codex to stack
Sep 2026
Added Claude Code to stack
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Austin
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Austin
United States
Engineering / R&D
7 open roles 7 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 500-1000 est. staff $338k Avg Salary
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Jobs
$200k – $300k per year • Remote (United States, Canada) • Full-Time • 8+ years exp
Python
SystemVerilog
Groq
DevOps
AWS
AWS Lambda
Chips/EDA
UVM
Cocotb
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$200k – $300k per year • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree
Python
Verilog
SystemVerilog
Perl
Groq
AI Agents
DevOps
AWS
AWS Lambda
Chips/EDA
Tessent
Synopsys ZeBu
Cadence Palladium
Siemens Veloce
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$150k – $250k per year • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • 5+ years exp
Synopsys PrimeTime
Ansys RedHawk
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$325k – $400k per year • Remote (United States) • Full-Time
Claude Code
AI Agents
LLM
OpenAI Codex
Agentic Workflows
DevOps
Rest API
CI/CD
Linux
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$200k – $350k per year • In office • Full-Time • 12+ years exp • Austin
SystemVerilog
CI/CD
HPC
Linux
Chips/EDA
UVM
Formal Verification
Synopsys ZeBu
Cadence Palladium
Siemens Veloce
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$200k – $300k per year • Remote (United States) • Full-Time
Rust
C++
Haskell
SystemC
Quantization
DevOps
QEMU
Linux
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$200k – $350k per year • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • 10+ years exp
C++
KV Cache
DevOps
Linux
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$225k – $350k per year • In office • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • Austin
Python
SystemVerilog
UVM
Cocotb
Formal Verification
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$225k – $350k per year • In office • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • Austin
Python
SystemVerilog
UVM
Cocotb
Formal Verification
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$200k – $350k per year • In office • Full-Time • 12+ years exp • Austin
Verilog
SystemVerilog
HPC
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$200k – $350k per year • Hybrid • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Austin
Python
SystemVerilog
Perl
UVM
Formal Verification
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$190k – $280k per year • Hybrid • Full-Time • 12+ years exp • Austin
Python
Synopsys Design Compiler
Cadence Genus
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