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Feldman: Cerebras is the only pure-play public AI company

Andrew Feldman · The Story Behind Cerebras’ $63 Billion IPO with Founder and CEO Andrew Feldman · May 21, 2026 · at 22:39

Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman explains the unique market positioning of Cerebras following its IPO compared to diversified semiconductor giants like Nvidia and AMD.

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“We would be the first and only, for a period of time, AI pure play. We are the only company that, that you can, a hundred percent of the revenue, this exact market. There's no gaming, there's no graphics, there's no PC, that, this is it.”

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