Velaura
AI Chips & Accelerators · Processors, MCUs & AI Chips
$138.7Mtotal raised · 2 rounds on record
40open roles
$300kmedian advertised pay
$110Mlatest round · Series A · Aug 2026 · 2 mo ago
Overview
Velaura AI, Inc., formerly Auradine, builds ultra-low-power compute solutions for data center, edge, and physical AI applications.
How Velaura hires
Truth index
A 95/100
Median time to fill
64 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%
Velaura scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 17 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 64 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Funding and backers
Total raised
$138.7M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$110M
Series A · Aug 2026 · 2 mo ago
Team
201-500
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
43
+13 posted in 30 days
Backers
5
Premji Invest, Celesta Capital
The money's age
Fresh money
2 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
57/100
hiring for its size, a new city, in the news, fresh money
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
Aug 18
Raised a round Series A $110M
Mar 24
Launched Velaura AI Unveils Silicon Design and IP Platform Enabling Up to 2x Lower Power for AI Accelerators · PRNewswire
May 3, 2022
Raised a round Venture round $28.7M · SEC Form D
2021
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 7%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | Aug 2026 | $110M | — | morningstar.com |
| Venture round | May 2022 | $28.7M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Auradine, Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Barun KarExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
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Jobs
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$300k
Typical range
$75k – $300k
Open positions
24
16
Jobs
Senior
31.3%
Staff
31.3%
Principal
6.3%
Architect
31.3%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | 5 | $300k | $300k |
| Staff | 5 | $300k | $300k |
| Principal | 1 | $300k | $300k |
| Architect | 5 | $300k | $230k – $300k |
Highest paying role
Senior RTL Engineer
$300k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Velaura
By role, level and city, against the market · 24 jobs with pay
Visa sponsorship
5 ▼ 58%
H-1B filings in 12 months
$196k
Median offered salary
24
Open roles in United States
Who they sponsor
Electronics engineers
3
Computer systems analysts
1
Computer hardware engineers
1
In the register as Auradine, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (+1 more)
Other sponsors in the same field
NVIDIA 
Intel 
MediaTek 
Broadcom
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US Department of Labor · latest filing Jun 17, 2026 · Visa details by country
Growth
Hiring Momentum
33/100
Slowing
Open positions
43
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
64 days
faster than 19% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
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
70% ▲
AI/ML
11% ▲
Backend
4% ▼
DevOps
4% ▼
Security
4% ▲
Leadership
4% ▼
Actively hiring for Hardware (+11 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
New location: Austin
Nov 2026
New location: Boston
Nov 2026
People
Barun Kar
Executive Officer, Director
Fred Thiel
Director
Rajiv Khemani
Director
Navin Chaddha
Director
Said Ouissal
Director
Sriram Viswanathan
Director
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Velaura over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
12
Postings analysed
39
Stack modernity
73/100
Cloud & platforms
Linux5%
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Connections
List
Graph
Found in company registers, site code, DNS and hiring. Each connection shows how sure we are and the evidence, with its source and date.
Shared investors
Cleo CapitalVia a fund
MayfieldVia a fund
Celesta CapitalVia a fund
Cota CapitalVia a fund
Premji InvestVia a fund
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Owner
Same company
Same group
Likely
News
Velaura AI Taps Racepoint Global to Lead Communications
Velaura develops AI compute technology targeting 2x to 4x performance per watt across AI infrastructure and Physical AI applications.
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Velaura AI Selects Racepoint Global to Lead Communications
BOSTON, September 22, 2026--Today, earned-first creative agency Racepoint Global announced that it has been selected as the communications agency for Velaura AI, an AI compute company developing ultra-low-power silicon and software technologies for data c
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Sanjay Gupta, Velaura theCUBE + NYSE Wired: AI Factories
The post Sanjay Gupta, Velaura theCUBE + NYSE Wired: AI Factories appeared first on Velaura.
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Velaura AI raises $110mn for low-power AI chips
Velaura AI raised $110mn at a $1bn+ valuation for silicon it says cuts AI power use two to four times, and is talking to three of the top four clouds.
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Velaura AI Raises $110 Million Series A At $1+ Billion Valuation As Titan Core Targets 2-4x Better AI Performance Per Watt
Velaura AI has raised $110 million in Series A financing at a valuation exceeding $1 billion as the semiconductor company works to commercialize ultra-low-power computing technology for AI data centers, robotics, drones and other Physical AI systems. Seli
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Velaura AI Raises $110 Million Series A to Advance the Next Generation of Ultra-Low-Power AI Compute Infrastructure
Company surpasses $1 billion valuation as investors back proven technology designed to address AI's mounting power constraints across data centers and Physical AI SANTA CLARA, Calif., August 18, 2026 - Velaura AI, Inc., an AI compute infrastructure compan
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Velaura AI Raises $110 Million Series A to Advance the Next Generation of Ultra-Low-Power AI Compute Infrastructure
SANTA CLARA, Calif., August 18, 2026--Velaura AI, Inc., an AI compute infrastructure company developing ultra-low-power silicon and software technologies, today announced that it has raised $110 million in Series A financing, bringing its total valuation
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
6
Hiring now
5
Countries
2
Busiest office
Santa Clara
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Campbell
United States
HQ
Santa Clara
United States
Engineering / R&D
26 open roles 11 posted in 90 days 73% engineering 50-200 est. staff $281k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, AI/ML, Industrial Engineering
3200 Coronado Drive, Santa Clara, CA, 95054, US
Bengaluru
India
Engineering / R&D
20 open roles 16 posted in 90 days 80% engineering 50-200 est. staff $300k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Industrial Engineering, AI/ML
Boston
United States
Regional office
3 open roles 67% engineering 10-50 est. staff $283k Avg Salary
hires for AI/ML, Hardware, Industrial Engineering
Austin
United States
Regional office
3 open roles 67% engineering 10-50 est. staff $283k Avg Salary
hires for AI/ML, Hardware, Industrial Engineering
Durham
United States
1 open roles 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff $300k Avg Salary
hires for AI/ML