This chip startup just raised $135M on a bet that AI’s biggest bottleneck isn’t compute — it’s memory; plus, Glean’s top line crosses $300M as AI budget-cutting becomes its major selling point
About this episode
The episode discusses a South Korean chip startup's focus on memory as the key bottleneck for AI and highlights Glean's significant revenue growth amidst budget cuts in AI.
South Korean chip startup Xcena is betting that AI's real bottleneck is not compute, but memory. Also, the enterprise AI search startup tripled its annual revenue even as tech giants entered the category. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Topics covered
- AI
- chip startup
- memory
- enterprise AI
- revenue growth
- technology news
Keywords
- chip startup
- AI
- memory
- Glean
- revenue
- South Korea
- technology
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Xcena, Glean
Places: South Korea
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