Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT

A16z Launches $1.1Bn Fund For AI Hardware Arabian Post


(MENAFN- The Arabian Post) clearfix"> Andreessen Horowitz has raised $1.1 billion for a new fund dedicated to the physical infrastructure underpinning artificial intelligence, marking a major expansion of the Silicon Valley venture capital firm's push beyond software into chips, data centres, robotics and advanced computing systems.

The fund, called the Machine Age Fund, will invest across processors, memory, networking, storage and other technologies required to sustain the rapidly increasing computational demands of AI. It will also target complete systems, including data centres, robots and AI-enabled devices designed for homes and workplaces.

The initiative reflects a growing conviction among technology investors that constraints on AI development are shifting from software towards physical infrastructure. More capable reasoning, coding and autonomous systems consume substantially more computing resources, creating pressure on semiconductor supply, electricity networks, cooling systems and data-centre capacity.

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