Eta Compute, the intelligent sensing specialist, has closed its Series C funding of $12.5 million, bringing the company’s total funds raised to $31.5 million.
The round was led by Synaptics with participation from other existing investors.
Eta Compute expands its focus to ready-to-deploy, system-level solutions and announces strategic partnership with Synaptics
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., December 15, 2020 – Eta Compute Inc., the leader in energy-efficient endpoint AI solutions for intelligent sensing anywhere, announced it closed its Series C funding of $12.5 million, bringing the company’s total funds raised to $31.9 million. The round was led by Synaptics Incorporated along with participation from existing investors. Satish Ganesan, Chief Strategy Officer at Synaptics will join the Eta Compute Board of Directors.
Montreal-based Potloc has closed an additional $7 million CAD in Series A funding.
The startup announced the funding this week, presenting it as a total Series A investment of $20 million. The majority, $13 million of the round, was originally secured in summer 2019. A spokesperson for the company explained to BetaKit that the Series A round was done in two tranches, the $7 million, closed recently, being the second.
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Potloc, a Montreal-based technology-enabled consumer research company, has secured C$20 million in a Series A financing.
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Lenovo and Mercedes-Benz have also signed up as new members in the INRC neuromorphic community project.
Intel has released new performance benchmarks for the Loihi neuromorphic computing processor, revealing improvements in power consumption and efficiency.
Today during its Labs Day expo, Intel shared an update on progress within the Intel Neuromorphic Research Community (INRC), the ecosystem of over 100 academic groups, government labs, research institutions, and companies founded in 2018 to further neuromorphic computing. Intel and the INRC claim to have achieved breakthroughs in applying neuromorphic hardware to a range of applications, from gesture and voice recognition to autonomous drone navigation.
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Sure, you can buy the latest iPhone 12 starting at $699, but doesn't a classic iPhone for $200 sound more up your alley?
Or why not just $849 on a 21-inch Apple iMac, instead of $1,099 for a new one?
In other words, instead of spending big money on Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales, why not save money on a refurb?
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