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AI accelerators
Hailo
Tel Aviv · Founded 2017 · Pending acquisition
Series C extension
Edge-AI accelerators and vision processors
Latest financing
$120MSeries C extension · Apr 2, 2024
Financing valuation
UndisclosedNo public value is substituted
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Jul 24, 2026Indexed source in last 90 days
Named investor relationships
11Named by the announcement
Evidence trail
2 linked sourcesPrimary financing source
Founders
Orr Danon · Avi Baum
Core technology
Hailo AI accelerators and vision processors use a dataflow architecture to run inference and generative-AI workloads within edge-device power envelopes.
Smart camerasAutomotiveEdge generative AI
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Microchip definitive acquisition agreement · pending · UndisclosedPending acquisition agreement · Definitive acquisition agreement; not closed, financing, or a live valuation.Microchip Technology
Series C extension · $120MEquity · Publicly disclosed financing amount.
>$340M · as of Apr 2, 2024Company-stated cumulative funding lower bound.
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Microchip's definitive agreement remains subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. Consideration was not disclosed and is not converted to zero, financing, cumulative funding, or a live valuation. Hailo's prior >$340M cumulative funding remains a dated lower bound.
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Company count in this curated private-company universe
9 sectors
VLSI Market curated company universe · 4 Aug 2026Company count · status remains explicitView chart data
Covered startup count by semiconductor technology sector
Sector
Companies
AI accelerators
14
Photonics & interconnect
9
Compute & IP
6
Equipment & metrology
3
Packaging & integration
3
Display & microLED
2
Flexible & printed electronics
1
Power semiconductors
1
Sensors & MEMS
1
Stage mix: Late stage 14 · Expansion 11 · Strategic / growth 7 · Early stage 4 · Stage not stated 3 · Pre-IPO 1. Coverage count is not market share, investment share, or a complete census of private companies.
