# Qualcomm Explores $8-10 Billion Acquisition of Tenstorrent

> Qualcomm is reportedly in early talks to acquire Tenstorrent, the AI chip startup led by veteran designer Jim Keller, for somewhere between eight and ten billion dollars. For Qualcomm, best known for the chips in your phone, the deal would be a serious bid to matter in AI accelerators, the market Nvidia currently dominates almost completely. The move fits a clear industry pattern: nearly everyone with the means is trying to reduce their dependence on Nvidia, whether by designing custom silicon or buying their way into the capability. Tenstorrent has built a reputation on an architecture that bets against the GPU orthodoxy, which is part of what makes it an attractive target for a company that wants a differentiated angle rather than a me-too chip. At eight to ten billion dollars, this would be a large wager on a startup whose technology is promising but not yet proven at hyperscale. Still, it signals how badly established chipmakers want a foothold in AI compute, and how much of the competitive action has moved from models to the hardware underneath them.

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## Wortins' read

Qualcomm is reportedly in early talks to acquire Tenstorrent, the AI chip startup led by veteran designer Jim Keller, for somewhere between eight and ten billion dollars. For Qualcomm, best known for the chips in your phone, the deal would be a serious bid to matter in AI accelerators, the market Nvidia currently dominates almost completely. The move fits a clear industry pattern: nearly everyone with the means is trying to reduce their dependence on Nvidia, whether by designing custom silicon or buying their way into the capability. Tenstorrent has built a reputation on an architecture that bets against the GPU orthodoxy, which is part of what makes it an attractive target for a company that wants a differentiated angle rather than a me-too chip. At eight to ten billion dollars, this would be a large wager on a startup whose technology is promising but not yet proven at hyperscale. Still, it signals how badly established chipmakers want a foothold in AI compute, and how much of the competitive action has moved from models to the hardware underneath them.

## Source

[Read the full story at Memeburn](https://memeburn.com/qualcomm-is-reportedly-buying-tenstorrent-to-get-serious-about-ai-chips/)

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