FuriosaAI
Korean AI chip startup building data-center inference accelerators
AI
📍 Seoul, South Korea
Founded 2017
Current Valuation
$800M
as of 2025-Q2
PRIVATE
FuriosaAI develops the RNGD (Renegade) NPU optimized for large language model inference. Reportedly turned down a $800M acquisition offer from Meta in 2025 to remain independent. Key non-NVIDIA inference accelerator option for Korean and Japanese hyperscalers.
Company Profile
Last Round
Series C — $100M (Apr 2025) · Lead: DSC Investment
Founders & Key People
June Paik
Investors
DSC Investment · Naver · Kakao · Bloom Investments · Korea Development Bank
Products
- Warboy (1st-gen NPU)
- RNGD (2nd-gen LLM accelerator)
Competitors
NVIDIA · Groq · Cerebras · Tenstorrent · Etched
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Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2025-Q2. Refreshed quarterly.