Startup profile for Wafer: latest funding, latest known valuation, total disclosed funding, investors, status, sources, and why the company is interesting. Part of the Venture Capital Tracker startup directory.

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Wafer funding, valuation and investors

Software platform that automates AI-model optimization across inference hardware.

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Funding, valuation & investors

Answer-first snapshot

Latest funding

Series A

$40M · September 2026

Latest known valuation

Not publicly disclosed

Total disclosed equity funding

$40M

Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.

Current status

private

series a

Investors in latest funding

Lead: Marathon , Chemistry

Other: AMD Ventures

Sources: latest funding Last verified: 2026-09-02

Overview

Wafer automates model and workload optimization for inference, aiming to reduce the manual work required to meet hardware-specific latency, throughput and cost targets.

Why Wafer is interesting

Raised a $40M Series A co-led by Marathon and Chemistry with strategic participation from AMD Ventures.

Key facts

  • $40M Series A in September 2026
  • AMD Ventures participated
  • Revenue, customers and valuation not disclosed

Funding history (newest first)

Series A

2026-09 $40M
  • Marathon (lead)
  • Chemistry (lead)
  • AMD Ventures (participant)

Source: https://www.wafer.ai/blog/series-a

Industries

AI & Machine Learning Enterprise SaaS

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