TechCan South Korea’s FuriosaAI challenge Nvidia’s AI chip dominance?

South Korean startup FuriosaAI is stepping up its bid to challenge AI chip heavyweights such as Nvidia. It has raised US$620 million, nearly quadrupling its valuation from last year to US$2.9 billion, and is betting on a different processor design. The company touts greater energy efficiency and growing commercial deployments.