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Kneron

AI · San Diego, United States · Founded 2015

Kneron is a company that develops low-powered, reconfigurable AI chips for applications such as self-driving cars and other autonomous machines. The company's offerings include Neural Processing Unit (NPU) chips and server products, designed to provide edge AI technology. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Diego, Kneron has secured significant funding, with a total of $190 million raised to scale its commercial efforts. The company is backed by notable investors including Qualcomm and Foxconn. Kneron's business model focuses on providing hardware solutions for the growing AI and autonomous systems market, targeting clients in the automotive and technology sectors. Keywords: AI chips, edge AI, NPU, autonomous machines, self-driving cars, semiconductors, hardware, neural processing unit, automotive technology, AI hardware

Valuation

$100–500M

Latest valuation · 2023

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Revenue

$10–50M

Latest reported FY

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Headcount

<100

Current team size

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Total funding● Pre-IPO

$100–500M

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Investors

17 investors on Kneron's cap table

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Seed 1 investor entered at this stage

National Technology Development Program

Series A 16 investors entered at this stage

Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund

Qualcomm

Himax Technologies

Capital Group

CDIB Capital Group

Sequoia

Thundersoft

Horizons Ventures

MTS AI

Sand Hill Angels

Lite-On Technology

Gaingels

PalPilot International

Alltek

Foxconn Technology Group

ADATA Technology

Global footprint

Where Kneron has talent and traffic

Workforce by country

5 countries with
team presence

🇹🇼 Taiwan54%

🇺🇸 United States39.7%

🇨🇳 China3.2%

🇰🇷 South Korea1.6%

🇨🇦 Canada1.6%

5 countries shown

Talent graph

The shape of Kneron's talent

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7 team members profilednamed & role-tagged by Dealroom

88 employeestotal headcount

3 executives & foundersidentified by name

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Market sentiment

What the market is saying about Kneron

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