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3327 | 1 year ago

So why should VC back this when they can make the same bet outright by buying AMD stock other than say a leveraged bet?

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librasteve|1 year ago

AMD already has a stock price that reflects their whole bag of products. TW stock price is effectively zero for a pre listed VC investment, TW is a cloud service bet not a chip bet (ie higher up stack = more value), TW is AI only.

newsclues|1 year ago

During a gold rush you can invest in a mine or a shovel company.

re-thc|1 year ago

The actual bet is if TensorWave can use AMD to beat nVidia and not directly.

Jlagreen|1 year ago

TensorWave doesn't compete with Nvidia but with CoreWeave. I bet they might even have the same founder lol.

CoreWeave is doing the same stuff but with Nvidia. Also using collateral. But CoreWeave did it last year when H100 was way more valuable for collateral than it is today. And CoreWeave has actually been backed up by Nvidia and Microsoft in some funding rounds.

For Nvidia HW there are like 10x as many AI startups doing what TensorWave is doing. TensorWave is going a more risky way to go with AMD instead of Nvidia. Being among few startups might give them a large benefit but it also depends a lot on AMD support in the SW field. I wouldn't bet on that, especially not with AMD HW as collateral.