# Etched 300M Series C In the week of July 27, 2026, [[Etched]] — a startup designing specialized AI chips optimized for inference workloads — raised a **$300M Series C** from [[Sequoia Capital]] and [[Andreessen Horowitz]] at a **$10.3B valuation**. ## Significance Two watched VCs co-anchoring a $10B+ valuation mark in the specialized-inference-silicon cluster (cf. [[Fractile 220M AI Chip Round]]). Tracks the 2026 shift of frontier-AI capital from training-scale clusters toward inference economics. Sourced from weekly funding roundups; exact announcement date and primary press coverage should be pinned when the deal gets its first expansion pass. ## See Also - [[Etched]] - [[Sequoia Capital]] - [[Andreessen Horowitz]] - [[Fractile 220M AI Chip Round]]