# Zyphra

> Open-model lab and AMD-centered AI cloud developer behind Zamba, ZAYA and a diffusion-converted 8B model.

## Why it is interesting

Direct NCM-adjacent technical competitor: Zyphra's May 2026 ZAYA1-8B-Diffusion-Preview generates blocks of 16 tokens in parallel, claiming 4.6x or 7.7x acceleration with different sampler quality tradeoffs. It is not Stanford's NCM.

## Profile

- **Latest funding:** Reported Series A — $110M (Forbes citing PitchBook; Dealroom also records $110M) (June 2025)
- **Latest known valuation:** $1B, market-data reported (June 2025)
- **Total disclosed equity funding:** $110M
- **Stage:** series-a
- **Status:** private
- **Industries:** N/A
- **Coverage:** full
- **Last updated:** 2026-11-13
- **Latest funding investors:** Future Ventures, Bison Ventures, Metaplanet / Jaan Tallinn, AMD Ventures

## Key facts

- May 2026 ZAYA1-8B-Diffusion-Preview: 16-token blocks, up to 4.6x/7.7x company-reported decoding speedups
- 2025 $110M at $1B valuation reported by Forbes/PitchBook
- $500M Series B reported being raised May 2026, not confirmed closed

## Funding history

- Reported Series A · $110M (Forbes citing PitchBook; Dealroom also records $110M) · June 2025
  Source: https://tollbit.forbes.com/sites/annatong/2026/05/19/artificial-intelligence-lab-zyphra-raising-500-million-to-challenge-nvidia-dominance/

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**Last updated:** November 13, 2026

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