Instead of selling to Meta, AI Chip Startup Furiosai signed a huge customer

Starting a chip of South Korean artificial intelligence I was angry It announced a partnership on Tuesday to supply the artificial intelligence chip, RNGDFor institutions using LG AI ResearchThe Exaone platform was recently unveiled.

RNGD is improved to run large language models (LLMS) and Only last week, the Korean technology giant LG unveiled The next generation Exone 4.0 artificial intelligence hybrid. Cooperation targets the main sectors, including electronics, financing, telecommunications, and biotechnology, for a range of various applications.

This news comes approximately three months after Foreiusia Refusing the acquisition of 800 million dollarsChoose the stay independent.

The deal has declined due to the differences on the post -acquisition and organizational structure strategy, rather than price problems, according to the local media. The Meta’s interest in the acquisition of AI makers such as Furiosaii reflects its broader strategy to reduce its dependence on third -party suppliers, such as NVIDIA.

When asked why the deal was subjected to Meta, the CEO of Furiosaai June Paik Techcrunch told Meta, I think it is an exciting opportunity at the same time.

With M & A (at least from Meta) off the table, Paik refused to determine whether the startup is now seeking to obtain new financing.

However, Pike says this new partnership will lead to the possibilities of work beyond South Korea.

“LGAONE is considered a major model for the prosecution in South Korea. It will not only be used inside LG. One of the main artificial intelligence models used in the ecosystem of Korean artificial intelligence. We expect that there will be many demands with a great work in this work with this work. By these customers, including international customers.”

Pike said that LG AI’s decision to adopt a chip and theft of Furiosa is noticeable for another reason: It is one of the few public approvals for the NVIDIA competitor by a major institution. One of the main reasons for winning is that startups cost less.

“We had to prove that our solution not only provides strong performance, but also reduces the cost of the total property,” said Pike.

Furiosaai claims that the RNGD accelerator outperforms competitive graphics processing units with LG AI, which provides the best 2.25 times best performance. Pike also says that LG was found that Furiosai devices were more efficient in using energy.

Furiosa Slide is not a public graphics processing unit but was built exclusively for Amnesty International. “We can support a wide range of artificial intelligence models efficiently. But unlike graphics processing units, which are still treatments for general purposes, our structure is originally designed for artificial intelligence computing. We do not develop a segment to provide or mining.”

A Seoul -based startup, which also runs an office in Santa Clara, has a global team of only 15 employees.