Companies · AI / ML

TensilSummer 2019Inactive

San Francisco · CA, USA; Remote · AI / ML · founded 2019 · https://www.tensil.ai

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Tensil — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
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Top 39%
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Latest stage · inferred

Tensil: limited disclosed financing to assess.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page.

Where it sits in AI / ML

Tensil is one of 2067 AI / ML companies tracked from San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote, on record since 2019. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 62% of sector peers), and mid-pack by modeled valuation est..

Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.

AI analyst read est. — model-extracted from this company's public description, not a verified fact. 30%

operates a technology-led product inferred from public copy

Grounded in: “You are a venture analyst

We turn machine learning models into custom hardware.

Tensil automates machine learning hardware accelerator design. Our goal is to enable ML in every device. We've developed an algorithm that can design the best hardware accelerator for your machine learning model, unlocking 10x better performance per watt-dollar than GPUs and other hardware accelerators. Our technology enables our customers to create unbeatable products with Tensil custom hardware at the core.

AIEdge Computing SemiconductorsHardwareOpen Sourceai/ml
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Amount raised vs valuation, by round

Solid bars are reported offering amounts reported; hatched bars are the modeled post-money valuation est. — both on one shared scale so you can read raise-vs-worth at each round directly. Use the toggles to overlay data labels and the niche-peer / market average value lines.

No round amounts on record to chart.

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No staged rounds to sequence.

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Base estimate est.
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Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size. Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

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How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 2067 companies in AI / ML. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.

Total raised — vs sector median (real $, all stages)
This company
Sector median$4.7M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages)
This company
Sector median$27.9M

Raised more than 62% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 62% of peers (estimate).

Full financing history

Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.

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Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.

Registry & provenance

Tensil is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.

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Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.

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What does Tensil do and where is it based?
Tensil operates in the AI / ML sector, based in San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote. We turn machine learning models into custom hardware.
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