Kandou AI raises $225M from SoftBank, targeting affordable AI hardware

AI chip developer Kandou AI secured $225 million in a new funding round. The deal values the company at $400 million.

SoftBank Group Corp., Synopsys Inc., and Maverick Silicon provided the capital. A former Goldman Sachs managing director leads the startup.

Kandou AI is shifting its strategic focus toward AI infrastructure. The company develops affordable and energy-efficient hardware for both AI training clusters and inference systems.