Rivos
Rivos, founded in May 2021 and headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, develops power-efficient, high-performance, secure server solutions based on RISC-V technology, and recently raised over $250M in Series A-3 funding.
Company Overview
Rivos, founded in May 2021, is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with additional offices in the USA, UK, EU, and Asia. Rivos aims to build industry-leading, power-efficient, high-performance, secure server solutions based on RISC-V architecture. The company focuses on workload-defined hardware to support the intense requirements of large language models and data analytics.
Series A-3 Funding Round
Rivos has successfully raised over $250M in its oversubscribed Series A-3 funding round. The largest investor was Matrix Capital Management, with new investors including Intel Capital, MediaTek, Cambium Capital, CIDC, Capital TEN, Hotung Venture Group, Singularity Capital, Cathay Venture, CDIB Capital, Compal Electronics, and Delta Electronics Capital. Existing investors like Walden Catalyst, Dell Technologies Capital, Koch Disruptive Technologies, VentureTech Alliance, Factory HQ, and Nepenthe Capital also participated. This funding will enable Rivos to tapeout its first silicon product and expand its manufacturing operations, platform hardware, software engineering, and support functions.
Products and Solutions
Rivos develops optimized chips that combine RISC-V CPUs and a Data Parallel Accelerator. These chips are suitable for models and databases requiring terabytes of memory. The company is also developing a reference multi-chip OCP Modular Hardware System server following the M-DNO guidelines, and an open software stack from firmware to application supporting frameworks like PyTorch, JAX, Spark, and PostgreSQL. Additionally, Rivos integrates a RISC-V based root of trust solution, OpenTitan, directly into its system silicon.
Commitment to Open Source and Standards
Rivos is a strong supporter of the open ecosystem and drives standards by leading several key initiatives at RISC-V International. The company works closely with open source RISC-V software developers through the RISC-V Software Ecosystem RISE initiative. Rivos team members frequently present at prominent events such as the RISC-V Summit, Linux Plumbers Conference, and FOSDEM, highlighting their contributions to the community.
Global Presence and Workforce
Rivos is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, and has additional offices in Austin, TX; Fort Collins, CO; Portland, OR; Bangalore, IN; Cambridge, UK; and Hsinchu, TW. The company also employs a significant number of remote employees, ensuring a global presence and access to a diverse talent pool.