Analysis

October 20, 2023

The new VC USP: Providing chips on tap for their portfolio

VCs are beginning to invest in AI infrastructure as a way to stand out from the crowd, as demand for specialised chips skyrockets


Tim Smith

3 min read

In 2023, being a startup means figuring out some way to build AI into your product, while it’s also been the year of companies raising monster seed rounds to build huge generative models.

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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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