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Tenstorrent

Open-source AI hardware and RISC-V compute building an alternative to Nvidia.
Tenstorrent designs open-source AI processors and RISC-V CPUs as a low-cost, customer-customizable alternative to Nvidia. Led by legendary chip architect Jim Keller (ex-Apple, Tesla, AMD, Intel). Closed a $693M Series D in December 2024 at a $2.7B post-money valuation led by Samsung Securities and AFW Partners.
Hardware 📍 Santa Clara, CA Founded 2016
Current Valuation
$2.7B
as of 2024-Q4
UNICORN

QL Price

$1.8B
-40% vs last round
QuantLogix's current estimate for Tenstorrent, published 2026-10-07 — below the last disclosed round of $3.0B (2025-11).
Confidence
medium
Basis
secondary led
What backs this price
Last disclosed round $3.0B 2025-11 weight 0.52
Secondary market print $657M 2026-06-27 weight 0.54
How this price has held up
No round has priced for Tenstorrent since QuantLogix began publishing a price for it, so there is nothing to grade yet. The claim above is on the record from 2026-10-07 and will be graded against the next priced round. See the full accuracy record →
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IPO Outlookprivate

Is Tenstorrent going public?
No. Tenstorrent is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Tenstorrent's valuation in 2026?
Tenstorrent is valued at $2.7B as of 2024-Q4, set by its Series D ($693M, Dec 2024). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Tenstorrent filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Tenstorrent.
Who are Tenstorrent's investors?
Tenstorrent's investors include Samsung Securities, AFW Partners, Jeff Bezos (Bezos Expeditions), Hyundai Motor Group, Fidelity Management, XTX Markets and 2 more.
How much has Tenstorrent raised?
Tenstorrent has raised $1.2B in total, most recently a Series D of $693M in Dec 2024.
Is Tenstorrent publicly traded — can you buy Tenstorrent stock?
No. Tenstorrent is a private company — its shares are not listed on any exchange and there is no ticker. The routes to exposure are pre-IPO secondary marketplaces and funds (accredited investors), employee tender offers when the company runs one, and public companies with read-through exposure. QuantLogix maps every route it can verify for Tenstorrent on its Pre-IPO Access Desk.
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Company Profile

CEO
Jim Keller
Founded
2016
HQ
Santa Clara, CA
Employees
500-1000
Total Raised
$1.2B
Last Round
Series D — $693M (Dec 2024) · Lead: Samsung Securities and AFW Partners
IPO Status
private

Fundraising Status

Series D · $693M · 1y 10mo ago
privateTotal raised $1.2B

Secondary Market

Implied price / share
$17.23
Last round price / share
$78.83
vs last round
-78.1%
Open interest
19
Last round price vs secondary price
Last round vs current secondary price per share$78.83Last round$17.23Current
Secondary price return by period
Secondary market period returns3-month-75.2%6-month-75.4%1-year-76.0%All-time-39.6%
Implied per-share price from private secondary transactions, as of Jun 2026. This is a point estimate, not a quote — the feed carries no bid, ask or spread, and a secondary print is evidence of what someone paid on that date rather than a live market. Compare across every tracked name →

Latest Funding Round

RoundAmountDateLead InvestorPost-Money
Series D$693MDec 2024Samsung Securities and AFW Partners—

Vertical Intelligence — AI / ML

Open models
0
verified organization
Downloads (30d)
0
across all models
Followers
308
Attributed to Hugging Face organization "Tenstorrent Inc." as of 2026-10-04. Open-weights footprint only — closed-model usage is not publicly measurable. Verify on Hugging Face ↗

Talent Signal

Hiring trend
▶ Hiring steady
-3% vs 2026-08
Open roles
127
via greenhouse
Product-build share
69%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
steady
heavy product build — 69% of open roles are product-building functions (engineering/research/product) — 43 of 127 open roles are engineering.
Actively hiring with no tracked executive churn.
Open roles by month
Open roles by month131Aug '26127Sep '26
Open roles by function
Open roles by functionEngineering43Design25Other14Ops & People12Finance & Strategy9Hardware9Product7Sales & GTM5Data & ML2
■ product-building   ■ go-to-market / G&A
Acceleration Kernel Developer LeadAI/ML Physical Design Flow EngineerBusiness Development Lead(robotics/automotive), APACChiplet Design ArchitectChiplet Physical Design Engineer C++ Machine Learning Engineer, Models Training
Counted from Tenstorrent's live job board as of 2026-09-15; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.

Founders & Key People

Ljubisa BajicMilos TrajkovicIvan Hamer

Investors

Samsung Securities · AFW Partners · Jeff Bezos (Bezos Expeditions) · Hyundai Motor Group · Fidelity Management · XTX Markets · LG Electronics · Baillie Gifford

Products

  • Wormhole AI processor
  • Blackhole AI processor
  • Grayskull AI processor
  • Ascalon RISC-V CPU IP
  • Tenstorrent Galaxy server

Competitors

Nvidia · AMD · Cerebras · Groq · SambaNova · Graphcore
AIHardwareRISC-VAI Chips
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2024-Q4. Refreshed quarterly.