Esperanto Technologies
Esperanto Technologies develops and sells high-performance, energy-efficient computing solutions for Generative AI inference, HPC, and mixed AI+HPC workloads based on the open RISC-V instruction set architecture. Their flagship product, the ET-SoC-1 chip, integrates over a thousand RISC-V processors on a single TSMC 7nm chip, delivering massively parallel, flexible architecture with exceptional performance and ultra-low power consumption. Their systems provide superior compute efficiency compared to CPU and GPU offerings, targeting large-scale datacenter customers and enabling scalable PetaOps performance with up to 16 chips per system. Esperanto's business model includes direct sales of hardware systems and secure remote cloud access. The company is a founding member of RISC-V International and is recognized for pioneering low-power, scalable AI accelerators with broad software ecosystem support. They have notable industry traction and partnerships, including collaborations with NEC and Intel Foundry Services, and have been featured in media such as Forbes and Apple Insider.
Esperanto Technologies
Esperanto Technologies develops and sells high-performance, energy-efficient computing solutions for Generative AI inference, HPC, and mixed AI+HPC workloads based on the open RISC-V instruction set architecture. Their flagship product, the ET-SoC-1 chip, integrates over a thousand RISC-V processors on a single TSMC 7nm chip, delivering massively parallel, flexible architecture with exceptional performance and ultra-low power consumption. Their systems provide superior compute efficiency compared to CPU and GPU offerings, targeting large-scale datacenter customers and enabling scalable PetaOps performance with up to 16 chips per system. Esperanto's business model includes direct sales of hardware systems and secure remote cloud access. The company is a founding member of RISC-V International and is recognized for pioneering low-power, scalable AI accelerators with broad software ecosystem support. They have notable industry traction and partnerships, including collaborations with NEC and Intel Foundry Services, and have been featured in media such as Forbes and Apple Insider.
TL;DR
Headquarters: Mountain View, California
Product: ET-SoC-1: massively parallel RISC-V AI/HPC inference accelerator
Technical differentiator: 1000+ 64-bit RISC-V cores on a single chip for high performance per watt
Status: Company has ceased operations; IP acquired by Nekko.ai
Total funding (reported): USD 124,000,000
Company Overview
Problem Domain
Energy-efficient AI inference and mixed AI/HPC compute for datacenters
Founded
2014
Industry
Semiconductors / AI accelerators
Tech Stack
Funding Track Record
Latest disclosed funding event
Investor Signal
“Western Digital; investors reported to include R136 Ventures, Decent Capital, Comet Labs, Almaz Capital, AI Alliance”