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Positron bets on energy-efficient AI chips to challenge Nvidia's dominance

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Positron, a startup founded in 2023, is challenging Nvidia's dominance in AI chips with more energy-efficient designs. The company claims its chips offer 2-3x better performance per dollar and up to 6x greater energy efficiency than Nvidia's projected offerings, attracting $75 million in funding and interest from major cloud providers like Cloudflare. As AI energy demands soar, Positron's focus on efficient inference processing could reshape the AI hardware landscape if it delivers on its promises.

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