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Cloud AI Startup Vultr Raises $333 Million at $3.5 Billion Valuation

AMD’s investment is part of how the chip giant plans to make a dent in the artificial intelligence chip market dominated by Nvidia

For Advanced Micro Devices, backing Vultr is a way for “customers to experience AMD GPUs through their platform,” says Mathew Hein, AMD’s chief strategy officer of corporate development.
For Advanced Micro Devices, backing Vultr is a way for “customers to experience AMD GPUs through their platform,” says Mathew Hein, AMD’s chief strategy officer of corporate development. Photo: Bloomberg News

Chip giant Advanced Micro Devices and hedge fund LuminArx Capital Management raised $333 million for a growth financing round for cloud startup Vultr, a sign of the hot demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure.

West Palm Beach, Fla.-based Vultr said it is now valued at $3.5 billion and plans to use the financing to acquire more graphics processing units, or GPUs, the chips that power AI models. The funding is Vultr’s first injection of outside capital.

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