
Building next generation hardware+software appliances for machine learning applications

Building next generation hardware+software appliances for machine learning applications
Founded: Spring 2023
Headquarters: Reno, Nevada, United States
Product focus: Purpose-built inference accelerators, high-capacity memory chips, and inference appliances for Transformer models
Employees (approx.): 32
Recent funding: $230M Series B (Feb 2026); total > $300M
AI inference hardware and infrastructure for Transformer models
2023
Semiconductor / AI infrastructure
$230M
Strategic participants include Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), Arm Holdings, and Helena.
~$75M
Participants reported to include Valor Equity Partners, Atreides Management, DFJ Growth, Flume Ventures, and Resilience Reserve.
“Backed by institutional and strategic investors including Arena Private Wealth, Jump Trading, Unless, Qatar Investment Authority, Arm Holdings, Helena, Valor Equity Partners, Atreides Management, DFJ Growth, Flume Ventures, and Resilience Reserve”
About Positron AI
Positron.ai specializes in developing custom hardware systems to accelerate AI inference. These inference systems offer significant performance and efficiency gains over traditional GPU-based systems, delivering advantages in both performance per dollar and performance per watt. Positron exists to create the world's best AI inference systems.
Job Title: Software Engineer - LLM Inference Appliances & Customer Onboarding
We are looking for skilled Software Engineers to join our team and help us deliver reliable, secure, and efficient solutions for our customers. This role involves debugging and resolving software issues, onboarding customer use cases, and ensuring smooth operations of LLM inference systems in production environments.
Requirements:
Preferred Qualifications:
Opportunity to contribute to and shape the future of open-source AI inference software.