Bezos-Backed Unconventional AI Addresses Datacenter Power

Unconventional AI confirms its massive $475M seed round

Led by Naveen Rao, the former head of AI at Databricks, the new hardware startup is valued at $4.5 billion.

Bezos-backed Unconventional AI addresses datacenter power

Interview: Startup wagers the path to sustainable AI might be found in nature’s most amazing design

Unconventional AI Emerges from Stealth with a $475 Mn Haul to Build ‘Biology-Scale’ AI Compute

Unconventional AI, a new startup led by former Databricks VP of AI Naveen Rao, has emerged from stealth with a massive $475 million fundraise in its seed round at a valuation of $4.5 billion. Lightspeed and Andreessen Horowitz led the round, with participation from Sequoia, Lux Capital, DCVC, Future Ventures, Jeff Bezos, and others. The startup noted that Rao will also invest $10 million personally as part of the round. The San Francisco, Califo…

VCs plow $475M into Unconventional AI to make datacenter power problems go away

Startup wagers the path to sustainable AI might be found in nature's most amazing design - the brain Interview Naveen Rao founded AI businesses and sold them to Intel and Databricks. He's now turned his attention to satisfying AI's thirst for power and believes his new company, Unconventional AI, can do it by building chips inspired by nature. . . .