Nvidia Investors Back $1.03B AI Startup as GTC Unveils CPX, LPU Chips
Yann LeCun’s Advanced Machine Intelligence startup closed a $1.03B seed round at a $3.5B pre-money valuation, with Nvidia, Toyota Ventures and Samsung among backers. At next week’s GTC, Nvidia will unveil AI inference chips such as CPX and LPU and outline its 2028 roadmap featuring Feynman GPUs and Rubin architecture.
1. AMI Funding and Strategic Backing
Advanced Machine Intelligence secured $1.03 billion in seed capital at a $3.5 billion pre-money valuation. The round was co-led by Cathay Innovation, Greycroft, Hiro Capital and HV Capital, with strategic participation from Nvidia, Toyota Ventures and Samsung signaling strong industry support for next-generation AI research.
2. GTC Event Preview
Next week’s GTC conference will feature Nvidia’s broader AI computing stack, including specialized inference processors for prefill workloads (CPX) and low-latency decoding (LPU). The company is also expected to showcase networking and optics advances designed to optimize large-scale AI clusters.
3. Future Roadmap and Implications
Nvidia plans to outline its product roadmap through 2028, detailing upcoming Feynman GPU platforms and the Rubin architecture. Analysts point to potential tenfold improvements in cost per token on Rubin versus current systems, which could reshape economics for cloud providers and AI-driven enterprises.