Positron valuation, funding and investors
Positron works in generative AI hardware acceleration solutions, based in Reno, United States. Founded in 2023, it has about 100 employees.
- Last round
- Series C · $875M · Sep 2026
- Valuation at last round
- $5.00B
- Headcount
- 100 · growing
- Grade
- A
- Founded
- 2023
Positron valuation today
VCMC values Positron at $5.2B today, with a range of $4.3B to $7.5B and a grade of A. The valuation starts from its last funding round, a Series C round in Sep 2026.
Valuation by date (51 rows)
Each point is what the model would have shown on that date, using only what was known then; before its first round, a company is valued as a startup because it later raised.
| Date | Valuation | Range | Predicted in 1 yr | Phase | Headcount | Trend | Grade | Winding-down probability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan 2023 | $22.1M | $8.05M – $60.7M | $24.1M (+9%) | before first round | – | unknown | D | 0% |
| 1 Feb 2023 | $22.3M | $8.11M – $61.2M | $24.3M (+9%) | before first round | – | unknown | D | 0% |
| 1 Mar 2023 | $22.4M | $8.16M – $61.6M | $24.5M (+9%) | before first round | – | unknown | D | 0% |
| 1 Apr 2023 | $22.6M | $8.22M – $62.0M | $24.7M (+9%) | before first round | – | unknown | D | 0% |
| 1 May 2023 | $22.8M | $8.28M – $62.5M | $24.8M (+9%) | before first round | – | unknown | D | 0% |
| 1 Jun 2023 | $22.9M | $8.35M – $63.0M | $25.0M (+9%) | before first round | – | unknown | D | 0% |
| 1 Jul 2023 | $23.1M | $8.41M – $63.4M | $25.2M (+9%) | before first round | – | unknown | D | 0% |
| 1 Aug 2023 | $23.3M | $8.47M – $63.9M | $25.2M (+8%) | before first round | – | unknown | D | 0% |
| 1 Sep 2023 | $23.4M | $8.53M – $64.4M | $25.2M (+8%) | before first round | – | unknown | D | 0% |
| 1 Oct 2023 | $20.2M | $7.34M – $55.4M | $21.5M (+7%) | before first round | 6 | unknown | D | 0% |
| 1 Nov 2023 | $20.3M | $7.39M – $55.8M | $21.5M (+6%) | before first round | 6 | unknown | D | 0% |
| 1 Dec 2023 | $20.5M | $7.45M – $56.2M | $21.5M (+5%) | before first round | 6 | unknown | D | 0% |
| 1 Jan 2024 | $20.6M | $7.50M – $56.6M | $21.5M (+5%) | before first round | 6 | unknown | D | 0% |
| 1 Feb 2024 | $20.8M | $7.56M – $57.0M | $21.5M (+4%) | before first round | 6 | unknown | D | 0% |
| 1 Mar 2024 | $21.9M | $7.97M – $60.2M | $22.6M (+3%) | before first round | 8 | unknown | D | 0% |
| 1 Apr 2024 | $22.1M | $8.03M – $60.6M | $22.6M (+2%) | before first round | 8 | unknown | D | 0% |
| 1 May 2024 | $22.2M | $8.09M – $61.1M | $22.6M (+1%) | before first round | 8 | unknown | D | 0% |
| 1 Jun 2024 | $22.4M | $8.15M – $61.5M | $22.6M (+1%) | before first round | 8 | unknown | D | 0% |
| 1 Jul 2024 | $22.6M | $8.21M – $62.0M | $22.6M (0%) | before first round | 8 | unknown | D | 0% |
| 1 Aug 2024 | $35.2M | $15.1M – $70.0M | $35.2M (0%) | before first round | 17 | growing | C | 0% |
| 1 Sep 2024 | $35.2M | $15.1M – $70.0M | $35.2M (0%) | before first round | 17 | growing | C | 0% |
| 1 Oct 2024 | $35.2M | $15.1M – $70.0M | $35.2M (0%) | before first round | 17 | growing | C | 0% |
| 1 Nov 2024 | $35.9M | $15.4M – $71.2M | $35.9M (0%) | before first round | 19 | growing | C | 0% |
| 1 Dec 2024 | $35.9M | $15.4M – $71.2M | $35.9M (0%) | before first round | 19 | growing | C | 0% |
| 1 Jan 2025 | $35.9M | $15.4M – $71.2M | $35.9M (0%) | before first round | 19 | growing | C | 0% |
| 1 Feb 2025 | $35.9M | $15.4M – $71.2M | $35.9M (0%) | before first round | 19 | growing | C | 0% |
| 12 Feb 2025 | $157M | $103M – $477M | $313M (+100%) | after a round | 19 | growing | C | 0% |
| 1 Mar 2025 | $162M | $103M – $477M | $313M (+93%) | after a round | 19 | growing | C | 0% |
| 1 Apr 2025 | $172M | $103M – $477M | $313M (+82%) | after a round | 19 | growing | C | 0% |
| 1 May 2025 | $182M | $103M – $477M | $313M (+72%) | after a round | 19 | growing | C | 0% |
| 1 Jun 2025 | $193M | $103M – $477M | $313M (+62%) | after a round | 19 | growing | C | 0% |
| 1 Jul 2025 | $204M | $103M – $477M | $313M (+53%) | after a round | 19 | growing | C | 0% |
| 29 Jul 2025 | $298M | $210M – $760M | $536M (+80%) | after a round | 19 | growing | C | 0% |
| 1 Aug 2025 | $300M | $210M – $760M | $536M (+79%) | after a round | 33 | growing | C | 0% |
| 1 Sep 2025 | $315M | $210M – $760M | $536M (+70%) | after a round | 33 | growing | C | 0% |
| 1 Oct 2025 | $333M | $220M – $798M | $562M (+69%) | after a round | 41 | growing | C | 0% |
| 1 Nov 2025 | $352M | $220M – $798M | $562M (+60%) | after a round | 41 | growing | C | 0% |
| 1 Dec 2025 | $376M | $229M – $829M | $585M (+56%) | after a round | 49 | growing | C | 0% |
| 1 Jan 2026 | $398M | $229M – $829M | $585M (+47%) | after a round | 49 | growing | C | 0% |
| 1 Feb 2026 | $421M | $229M – $829M | $585M (+39%) | after a round | 49 | growing | C | 0% |
| 5 Feb 2026 | $1.0B | $869M – $1.7B | $1.5B (+50%) | after a round | 49 | growing | B | 0% |
| 1 Mar 2026 | $1.0B | $869M – $1.7B | $1.5B (+46%) | after a round | 49 | growing | B | 0% |
| 1 Apr 2026 | $1.1B | $869M – $1.7B | $1.5B (+41%) | after a round | 68 | growing | B | 0% |
| 1 May 2026 | $1.1B | $869M – $1.7B | $1.5B (+36%) | after a round | 68 | growing | B | 0% |
| 1 Jun 2026 | $1.2B | $869M – $1.8B | $1.6B (+35%) | after a round | 80 | growing | B | 0% |
| 1 Jul 2026 | $1.2B | $869M – $1.8B | $1.6B (+30%) | after a round | 80 | growing | B | 0% |
| 1 Aug 2026 | $1.2B | $869M – $1.8B | $1.6B (+25%) | after a round | 80 | growing | B | 0% |
| 1 Sep 2026 | $1.3B | $869M – $1.8B | $1.6B (+21%) | after a round | 80 | growing | B | 0% |
| 11 Sep 2026 | $5.0B | $4.3B – $7.5B | $6.5B (+30%) | after a round | 80 | growing | A | 0% |
| 1 Oct 2026 | $5.1B | $4.3B – $7.5B | $6.5B (+28%) | after a round | 100 | growing | A | 0% |
| 24 Oct 2026 | $5.2B | $4.3B – $7.5B | $6.5B (+26%) | after a round | 100 | growing | A | 0% |
Key facts about Positron
- Founded
- 2023
- Headquarters
- Reno, United States
- Employees
- about 100 +144% in a year
- Total raised
- $1.18B
- Funding rounds
- 4
- Last round
- Series C Sep 2026
Positron was founded in 2023 by Thomas Sohmers.
Positron funding history
Positron has 4 funding rounds on record, from Feb 2025 to Sep 2026, $1.18B in total. The latest disclosed valuation is $5.00B post-money (Series C, Sep 2026).
Series C 10 Sep 2026
Led by New Enterprise Associates, Andra Capital, Atreides Management, Valor, SemiAnalysis Capital, Jim Clark; with DFJ Growth, Qatar Investment Authority, Cisco Investments, Naver Ventures, Hudson River Trading, 1517 Fund, Resilience Reserve, Natural Capital, Helena, Boardman Bay, Arena Private Wealth, Flume Ventures, Unless, Fincadia Advisors, Banyan Ventures, U First Capital, VentureTech Alliance.
Sources: positron.ai, prnewswire.com, savedelete.com and 3 more
$875M
$5.00B post-money
Series B 4 Feb 2026
Led by Arena Private Wealth, Jump Trading, Unless, Helena Capital; with Qatar Investment Authority, Arm Holdings Plc, Valor, Atreides Management, DFJ Growth, Resilience Reserve, Flume Ventures, 1517 Fund.
Sources: positron.ai, techcrunch.com, middleeastainews.com and 1 more
$230M
$1.00B post-money
Series A 28 Jul 2025
Led by Valor, Atreides Management, DFJ Growth; with Flume Ventures, Resilience Reserve, 1517 Fund, Unless.
Sources: businesswire.com, lw.com, silicon.co.uk and 3 more
$52M
Seed 11 Feb 2025
With Flume Ventures, Valor, Atreides Management, Resilience Reserve.
Sources: businesswire.com, usatoday.com, newelectronics.co.uk and 2 more
$24M
Positron investors
27 investors have backed Positron; Atreides Management, Valor and DFJ Growth and 8 more led at least one round.
- Atreides Management lead, 4 rounds
- Valor lead, 4 rounds
- DFJ Growth lead, 3 rounds
- Arena Private Wealth lead, 2 rounds
- Andra Capital lead
- Jim Clark lead
- New Enterprise Associates lead
- SemiAnalysis Capital lead
- Resilience Reserve 4 rounds
- 1517 Fund 2 rounds
- Qatar Investment Authority 2 rounds
- Arm Holdings Plc
- Fincadia Advisors
- Helena
- Naver Ventures
- VentureTech Alliance
What Positron does
Positron works in device manufacturing, with 14 recorded offerings and customers in AI, gaming, content moderation and CDN.
Positron is a United States company engaged in the design and manufacturing of purpose-built hardware for generative AI, with a focus on accelerating Transformer Model Inference. The company develops hardware and software solutions for enterprises and research teams, supporting inference, fine-tuning, and training of large language models. Positron also engages in research and development of Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) for parallel compute workloads, including training and other compute-intensive tasks. Its products are designed to be scalable and adaptable, with a developer portal providing integration support.
Description from Veridion's company data.
Products and services
- Generative AI Hardware Acceleration Solutions
- Transformer Model Inference Hardware Manufacturing
- Transformer Model Fine-Tuning Hardware Manufacturing
- Transformer Model Training Hardware Manufacturing
- Parallel Compute Workload Hardware Acceleration
- ASIC Design and Manufacturing
- AI Hardware Software Integration Services
- Developer Portal Integration Services
- Scalable AI System Solutions
- Low Power AI Hardware Manufacturing
- High Performance AI Hardware Manufacturing
- Industry-Specific AI Hardware Solutions
- Research and Development Services
- AI Hardware Distribution
Markets
- AI
- Gaming
- Content Moderation
- CDN
- Token-as-a-Service
Technology
- Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) for Generative AI Acceleration
- Transformer Model Acceleration Hardware
- Parallel Compute Architecture for AI Training and Inference
Business model
- Business-to-Business
- Manufacturing
Industry codes (NAICS)
- 334111 Electronic Computer Manufacturing 70% match
- 513210 Software Publishers 30% match
Questions about Positron
What is Positron worth?
Valuation $5.2B (range $4.3B to $7.5B), as of 24 Oct 2026. The last disclosed valuation was $5.00B (Series C, Sep 2026).
Has Positron raised money?
Positron has 4 funding rounds on record, from Feb 2025 to Sep 2026, $1.18B in total. The latest disclosed valuation is $5.00B post-money (Series C, Sep 2026).
Who has invested in Positron?
Atreides Management, Valor, DFJ Growth, Unless, Arena Private Wealth and Andra Capital, and 21 more. Lead investors include Atreides Management, Valor, DFJ Growth and Unless.
How many people work at Positron?
About 100, up 144% over the last year. Headcount grew from 6 in Oct 2023 to 100 in Sep 2026.
What does Positron do?
Positron works in device manufacturing, with 14 recorded offerings and customers in AI, gaming, content moderation and CDN. Its main offerings are generative AI hardware acceleration solutions, transformer model inference hardware manufacturing and transformer model fine-tuning hardware manufacturing.
When was Positron founded, and where is it based?
Positron was founded in 2023 and is based in Reno, United States. It has about 100 employees, up 144% over the last year.