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Cerebras SystemsCerebras Systems Inc.

American semiconductor and AI supercomputer company, creator of the Wafer Scale Engine (WSE) chips, CS-1/CS-2/CS-3 systems and a cloud AI inference service.

Founded2015United States
HQSunnyvaleUnited States
Total funding$8285000B9 · 2016–2026
Valuation$8.1B🦄Post-Series G valuation · 2025
01 · About

Cerebras

Founded 2015 · Sunnyvale, United States

Cerebras Systems Inc. is an American company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, designing semiconductors, supercomputers and software for deep-learning applications. Founded in 2015 by Andrew Feldman, Gary Lauterbach, Michael James, Sean Lie and Jean-Philippe Fricker (a team that previously worked together at SeaMicro). Cerebras has developed the Wafer Scale Engine (WSE-1, WSE-2, WSE-3) chips, manufactured using wafer-scale integration on full silicon wafers, and the CS-1, CS-2 and CS-3 systems. The company also offers a cloud inference service and is building the Condor Galaxy network of AI supercomputers in partnership with G42. Its chips are manufactured by TSMC. Cerebras went public on Nasdaq in 2026 under the ticker CBRS.

  • Andrew Feldman

    Co-founder & CEO

  • Gary Lauterbach

    Co-founder, CTO Emeritus

  • Michael James

    Co-founder, Chief Architect, Advanced Technologies

  • Sean Lie

    Co-founder & CTO

  • Jean-Philippe Fricker

    Co-founder, Chief System Architect

03 · Geography

Global presence

HQ Sunnyvale · 5 offices
04 · Metrics

Scale & funding

founded 2015 · IPO
2015founded
approx. 708 (2025)employees
$8.3Btotal funding
IPOlatest round
maturedevelopment stage
Publiclisted
activestatus
$8.3B
total funding
9 · 2016–2026
Series AMay 2016Benchmark, Foundation Capital, Eclipse Ventures
$27M
Series BDecember 2016Coatue Management
Series CJanuary 2017VY Capital
Series DNovember 2018Altimeter Capital, VY Capital, Coatue, Foundation Capital, Benchmark, Eclipse
$88M
Series ENovember 2019
$270M
Series FNovember 2021Alpha Wave Ventures, Abu Dhabi Growth Fund
$250M
Series GSeptember 2025
$1.1B
Series HJanuary 2026Benchmark, Alpha Wave, Fidelity Investments
$1.0B
IPOMay 2026
$5.55B (IPO on Nasdaq, CBRS)
07 · Classification

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