Agrawal: Positron AI raised a $51M Series A for next-gen silicon
Mitesh Agrawal · ⚡️Accelerators @ 3x NVIDIA H200 perf, Made in the USA - Thomas Sohmers + Mitesh Agrawal, Positron AI · Aug 18, 2025 · at 38:34
Mitesh Agrawal is the co-founder of AI accelerator startup Positron AI.
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“And then we just did a series A close with Valor, Atreides, and DFJ Growth for a roughly fifty one million dollar series A.”
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