Cerebras CEO Recounts Deep-Tech Startup Journey
Cerebras CEO and founder Andrew Feldman recounted the company's startup journey: first they couldn't build it, then they couldn't build it at scale, and then there were no customers, no frontier labs, no hyperscalers. Cerebras spent about $8 million a month for 18 consecutive months developing a chip that didn't work properly at the time, while holding a board meeting every six weeks to report to anxious investors.
Body
A startup's journey in deep tech from Andrew Feldman, CEO and founder of Cerebras.
impossible, then impossible to manufacture, then no customers, then no frontier lab, then no hyperscaler.
Cerebras spent about $8M a month for 18 months on a chip it could not yet make work, while reporting to worried investors at a board meeting every six weeks.
---- Full video on "TechCrunch" YouTube channel, (link in comment)