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November 19, 2024

Brain-inspired AI chip startup Gemesys raises €8.6m pre-seed round

The company says its aiming to reduce the energy consumption of training and running AI models by 10k times

Tom Nugent

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Ruhr-based Gemesys, which is designing chips that “mimic the behaviour of the human brain”, has raised €8.6m in pre-seed funding. It plans to use the money to more than double its headcount and for R&D efforts.

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Tom Nugent

Tom Nugent is Sifted’s managing editor. He covers university spinouts and robotics. Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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