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A force multiplier for early stage startups - inspiring and investing in the future of compute.

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  1. Intel Capital✓@intelcapital
    35 years of Intel Capital investing in compute and the next wave of transformative technology 🚀 Since 1991, we’ve deployed over $20B into 1,800+ startups, supporting founders whose innovations have shaped industries and set global standards. From landmark exits like @AsteraLabs, @jobyaviation, @VMware, and @RedHat to recent investments in @anyscalecompute, @fieldai_, @Figure_robot, @Minio, @runpod, and many more, we continue shaping the future of compute. Our focus remains on #AI, #deeptech, cloud-native infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, and the broader foundry ecosystem. Programs like the Embedded Expert Program (ExP) and global portfolio events provide founders with the expertise, resources, and networks to scale faster and smarter. The journey continues, supporting founders and technologies that will define the future of compute. More on our journey and vision in Anthony Lin's blog:
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  2. Intel Capital✓@intelcapital
    Last week, @TIME named Fibo, the family of foundation models from @bria_ai_, one of its Best Inventions of 2026. Fibo is built to give enterprises greater control and predictability over #generativeAI image output, and addresses the attribution question that much of the industry has left open. Read the full feature below:
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  3. Intel Capital✓@intelcapital
    This week, @Reuters covered the PHP vulnerabilities, flaws in a language that underlies roughly 70% of websites. @Censysio's Emily Austin, principal security researcher, notes that end users can do little beyond basic hygiene like #MFA and unique passwords, and that responsibility rests mostly with software providers. The episode is also the latest example of #LLMs making long-hidden flaws easier to find and exploit. Read more below:
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    In a recent @Reuters article on staying safe online as AI accelerates cyber threats, Censys Principal Security Researcher @emailyee discusses the basic steps everyone should take to help protect themselves.
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    In a recent @Reuters article on staying safe online as AI accelerates cyber threats, Censys Principal Security Researcher @emailyee discusses the basic steps everyone should take to help protect themselves.
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  5. Intel Capital✓@intelcapital
    Intel Capital has been named one of @Inc’s founder-friendly investors for early-stage companies, recognized for our work across #compute, #AI, #datacenter, and #foundry. We are proud to support founders who are building foundational technology, and we aim to be a partner that supports them as they scale. Read the full list below:
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  6. Intel Capital✓@intelcapital
    CEO of @SambaNovaAI, @RodrigoLiang, joined @daniburgz on @BloombergTV to discuss why the future of AI is hybrid, driven by security, control, and infrastructure that works with the data centers companies already operate. The big question? Why are enterprises moving #AI #inference behind their own firewalls? Watch and read more below:
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    Why are companies bringing AI inference behind their own firewalls? Security, control, and infrastructure that works with the data centers they already have. @RodrigoLiang joined @BloombergTV's @daniburgz to discuss why AI’s future is hybrid. Watch + read more ⬇️
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  7. SambaNova✓@SambaNovaAI
    Why are companies bringing AI inference behind their own firewalls? Security, control, and infrastructure that works with the data centers they already have. @RodrigoLiang joined @BloombergTV's @daniburgz to discuss why AI’s future is hybrid. Watch + read more ⬇️
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  8. Intel Capital✓@intelcapital
    CTO of @MinIO Ugur Tigli joined @SDxCentral to talk about how fragmented systems and growing data volumes are straining #AI infrastructure as enterprises scale, and how a unified #data foundation can address both. Watch the full conversation below:
    MinIO @Minio
    As enterprise AI scales, fragmented systems and growing data volumes strain infrastructure. 🎥 CTO Ugur Tigli joined SDxCentral to discuss how a unified data foundation can overcome these challenges and support AI at scale.
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  9. MinIO✓@Minio
    As enterprise AI scales, fragmented systems and growing data volumes strain infrastructure. 🎥 CTO Ugur Tigli joined SDxCentral to discuss how a unified data foundation can overcome these challenges and support AI at scale.
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  10. Intel Capital✓@intelcapital
    Last week at #SEMICONWest, Intel Capital, IQT, and M Ventures hosted a networking lunch that connected around 40 semiconductor investors with start-ups. Thanks to our portfolio companies, 3D Glass Solutions, ChEmpower, EPIC Microsystems, Ephos, Impact Nano, @Movellus, @MueonCorp, UNISERS, and @WooptixCorp, for attending. Next stop: Phoenix in March 2027.
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  11. Intel Capital✓@intelcapital
    CBO of @EPICMicrosystems, Aashish Malhotra was interviewed by @pulse2news on the #power delivery bottleneck in #AI infrastructure. A rack takes in 48V DC while the GPU runs at roughly 0.75V, and EPIC's Hybrid Switch Cap architecture aims to balance efficiency, current density, Z-height, and thermals for Vertical Power Delivery. The first silicon came in 2025. Read more below:
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  12. Intel Capital✓@intelcapital
    This week, @Interesting_Eng reported that @Figure_robot's Figure 03 walked 348 miles and logged 1.2M steps over nine consecutive days on a treadmill. CEO @adcock_brett said the test began as a side project to stress the robot and surface hardware failures, a more demanding check of reliability than a short demo. Read more below:
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  13. Intel Capital✓@intelcapital
    A new blog from @lightbitslabs' Arthur Rasmusson argues that $/GPU/hr is the wrong metric for #AI #inference. Two providers with identical GPU pricing can differ by more than 2x in cost per million tokens, because on long-context traffic much of a GPU hour goes to re-running prefill on sessions the fleet has already seen. Read how #KVCache retention changes the math below:
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  14. Intel Capital✓@intelcapital
    Congratulations to @MinIO co-founder and CEO Anand Babu Periasamy (@abperiasamy) on his selection to @H2O_ai's 2026 AI 100 list. The list recognizes leaders shaping AI through innovation, leadership, and real-world impact. Under AB, MinIO has built the #objectstorage and #data infrastructure enterprises rely on AI to run at scale. Read more below:
    MinIO @Minio
    Congratulations to MinIO Co-founder and CEO @abperiasamy on being named to @h2oai's 2026 AI 100 list! 🎉 A well-deserved recognition of his vision and leadership in building the high-performance data infrastructure enterprises rely on to power AI at scale.
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  15. MinIO✓@Minio
    Congratulations to MinIO Co-founder and CEO @abperiasamy on being named to @h2oai's 2026 AI 100 list! 🎉 A well-deserved recognition of his vision and leadership in building the high-performance data infrastructure enterprises rely on to power AI at scale.
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  16. Intel Capital✓@intelcapital
    On a recent episode of @Heavybit’s Generationship, Vasanth Mohan (@v_mohan_) of @SambaNovaAI joined host @RachelChalmers to discuss what developers contribute once #AI agents can write the code. They cover engineering judgment, training junior developers, and what developer relations look like when documentation must serve both humans and machines. Listen to the full episode below:
    SambaNova @SambaNovaAI
    Thanks for having @v_mohan_ on for an episode of Generationship! @rachelchalmers @heavybit Loved this conversation on the future of dev relations.
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  18. Intel Capital✓@intelcapital
    Co-founder of @OxideComputer Bryan Cantrill (@bcantrill) spoke with @TBPN about venture capital's relationship with untraditional bets. His observation: investors say they want contrarian ideas, but few commit when the bet could plausibly return nothing. "Everybody loves contrarian. But no one actually wants a zero." Watch the full clip below:
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    Oxide co-founder @bcantrill believes every VC wants to be contrarian, but most get cold feet when an actual contrarian bet is staring them in the face. "Everybody loves contrarian. But no one actually wants a zero."
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    Oxide co-founder @bcantrill believes every VC wants to be contrarian, but most get cold feet when an actual contrarian bet is staring them in the face. "Everybody loves contrarian. But no one actually wants a zero."
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  20. Intel Capital✓@intelcapital
    Today, @MueonCorp announced $65M in Series A funding led by Maverick Silicon, with participation from Intel Capital. The company is moving its Cubelets 3D compute and memory architecture toward system validation and production, targeting up to 10X power and cost efficiency within the same rack footprint. Read more from Phoebe Liu (@_pheebini) at @TheInformation:
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  21. Intel Capital✓@intelcapital
    ICYMI, @Inworld has acquired Ultravox (formerly Fixie), the Seattle-based voice agent platform. Ultravox's technology for managing turn-taking and interruptions in real-time voice conversations will be folded into Inworld's stack, and Ultravox customers will move to Inworld's Realtime TTS-2. The deal extends Inworld's end-to-end approach to #voiceAI. Read more from @GeekWire:
    Inworld AI @inworld
    We recently announced our acquisition of Ultravox. GeekWire covered the news, with some background on the company and its journey from Fixie to Ultravox. If you missed the announcement, read the story here:
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  22. Inworld AI✓@inworld
    We recently announced our acquisition of Ultravox. GeekWire covered the news, with some background on the company and its journey from Fixie to Ultravox. If you missed the announcement, read the story here:
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  23. Intel Capital✓@intelcapital
    Today, @SalienceLabs announced the close of its $125M Series B. The company's all-optical, fully integrated #siliconphotonics switch is built to connect thousands of GPUs across racks, and follows a live 64-port demo at #ECOC2026. @DellOroGroup projects AI back-end switch spending will approach $1T over the next five years. Read more below:
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  24. Intel Capital✓@intelcapital
    Professor Amir Yacoby has been appointed the inaugural Ray Dolby Professor of Theoretical and Experimental Physics at the @Cambridge_Uni Cavendish Laboratory. Yacoby, who joined the Scientific Advisory Board of #QuantumMachines (@QuantumQM) in 2020, builds experimental probes that reveal how electrons behave in quantum materials, work that connects fundamental physics to #quantumsensing and #quantuminformation. Read more below.
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    Vishal Chandrasekar, Director of Product Management at @AyarLabs, joined @NextGenInfra_io at #AIInfraSummit to walk through what it takes to bring #CPO to market. He covers the optical engine built on TSMC's silicon photonics platform, ASIC design service providers, external laser sources, and multi-source fiber connectivity. Watch the full video below:
    Ayar Labs @AyarLabs
    At #AIInfraSummit, our Director of Product Management walks through what it takes to bring CPO to market, including TSMC’s advanced process nodes, ASIC design service providers, external laser sources, and fiber connectivity. From NextGenInfra:
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  26. Ayar Labs✓@AyarLabs
    At #AIInfraSummit, our Director of Product Management walks through what it takes to bring CPO to market, including TSMC’s advanced process nodes, ASIC design service providers, external laser sources, and fiber connectivity. From NextGenInfra:
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  27. Intel Capital✓@intelcapital
    oday, @oxidecomputer announced $445M in Series D funding led by @EclipseVentures, alongside news that the company has reached profitability. The round brings in @AtreidesMgmt, @Liquid2V, and @AMD Ventures as new investors, with Intel Capital participating as an existing investor. Oxide is betting on rising demand for on-premises #cloud compute built on integrated hardware and software. Read more below:
    Oxide Computer Company @oxidecomputer
    Today we're announcing our $445M Series D and announcing that we've reached profitability. Thanks to @EclipseVentures for leading the round, with participation from existing investors @USITfund, @JaneStreetGroup, Riot Ventures, @intelcapital, @friendsfamcap, and @counterpartvc.
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  29. Intel Capital✓@intelcapital
    This week, @FastCompany announced its 2026 Next Big Things in Tech, and portfolio companies @FieldAI_ and @SkyloTech are among the honorees. FieldAI was recognized in robotics for its Field Foundation Model, which pairs data-driven AI with uncertainty quantification so robots can operate in conditions too unpredictable for conventional systems. Skylo was recognized in Telecommunications for its standards-based approach to bringing #satellite connectivity to existing cellular devices. See the full list below:
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  30. Intel Capital✓@intelcapital
    ICYMI: Investor Assaf Araki (@BigData_ML) argues #AI services are having a "Business Intelligence boom." MIT research shows 95% of GenAI pilots fail to deliver returns, close to the 60-80% failure rate of 1990s BI projects. His piece looks at what the 5% who succeed do differently. Read more below:
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