Image: Semiconductor EngineeringStartup Funding: Q2 2026
• In Q2 2026, 80 startups focused on AI and its infrastructure raised over $6 billion in funding. • London-based Fractile, founded in 2022, is developing frontier LLM inference chips that interleave memory and compute to enable longer context windows and high token throughput. • Upscale AI secured $190 million in a Series A-1 round led by Premji Invest, with participation from major investors including NVIDIA, Salesforce Ventures, and Tiger Global.
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