AI inference chip company MoXin has completed nearly 1 billion yuan in Series C+ financing
According to a report by the Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily, AI inference chip company MoXin Artificial Intelligence Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. recently announced the completion of nearly 1 billion RMB in C+ round financing, with investors including Renai Capital, Haitang Fund, Dongheng Petroleum, Biqiu Capital, Pala Capital, and Zhongcai Capital. The funds will be used for software and hardware upgrades of sparse dedicated inference chips, research and development of the next generation of chips, and collaborative research between industry and academia in sparse computing. The company disclosed that this financing round occurred about 5 months after the previous round of nearly 1 billion RMB, with a total of nearly 2 billion RMB raised across both rounds.In the C round financing disclosed in May this year, institutions such as Shenzhen Capital Group, Greater Bay Area Common Home, Liding Capital, and Yunsheng Capital participated, while existing shareholders like Kaixuan Venture Capital, Shengjing Jiacheng, and Yanshan Technology continued to invest. MoXin was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, primarily developing AI inference chips, computing cards, and supporting software for data centers and industry clients. Founder and CEO Wang Wei has a master's background in Electronic and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and has previously worked at Qualcomm and Intel.The company has launched computing cards such as the S4, S30, and S40, equipped with one, three, and four self-developed Antoum chips, respectively. The company plans to launch a new generation of computing card SP200 by the end of this year and release an upgraded software stack SECA. According to the company, its inference clusters have been deployed in regions such as Northwest, Southwest, East China, and North China, and partnerships have been established with leading telecommunications operators; revenue is expected to grow several times by the third quarter of 2026, but the revenue amount and growth comparison base period have not yet been disclosed.
