Rivos
Santa Clara, United States · Founded 2021
- Headquarters
- Santa Clara, California
- Employees
- 51–200
- Founded
- 2021
- Business Model
- B2B
- Website
- rivosinc.com
About
Rivos Inc. is a semiconductor and software company based in Santa Clara, California, specializing in high-performance, energy-efficient RISC-V compute for AI workloads. Founded in 2021 by CEO Puneet Kumar, CSO Mark Hayter, and CTO Belli Kuttanna, Rivos developed a 3.1 GHz RISC-V processor with a CUDA-compatible software stack, enabling a drop-in alternative to GPU-based AI infrastructure. The company raised over $250M in Series A-3 funding led by Matrix Capital before being acquired by Meta in 2025.
Summary
Rivos is an Artificial Intelligence company based in Santa Clara, United States, founded in 2021.
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