Three-month-old AI chip startup Tenspresso in talks to raise at $500M valuation

A three-month-old chip developer being discussed at a half-billion-dollar valuation says more about how aggressively capital is chasing AI silicon than about anything the company has shipped. The absence of disclosed round size, lead investor or terms is the telling part: at this stage, the valuation is a talking point, not yet a priced signal. The names that matter here aren't public, and that's the open question — whether a credible lead investor and disclosed terms follow, or whether the headline number outruns the deal itself.