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Each piece of hardware runs the workload it's actually built for: prefill stays on GPUs, decode moves to the chip built for it, and today that means generating tokens 5-7× faster than existing GPU-based competitors. Our customers are frontier labs, fast-growing AI application companies, and asset-light clouds.\nWe closed a $15M seed round in May 2026, and have since closed a $400M debt facility - $100M funded upfront by Upper90, with the balance available for drawdown - collateralized by our inference chips.\nAbout the role\nGeneral Compute is seeking a leader to own the physical build-out of our ASIC compute infrastructure - from delivered hardware to production-ready cluster, and everything it takes to keep it running once it's live.\nWhat you'll do:\nCluster Deployment: Own hands-on deployment of ASIC compute clusters end-to-end: oversee hardware install, rack-and-stack, cabling, power-up, and commissioning through to production readiness.\n\nFacility Engineering & Operations: Lead data-center engineering operations - power, cooling, and network infrastructure - for every site we bring online, and keep it running once it's live.\n\nDeployment Program Ownership: Set and own deployment timelines and quality bar across sites. 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