Jim Keller denied that Tenstorrent is in acquisition talks with Qualcomm, while leaving the door open to a large partnership around RISC-V AI chips.
Jim Keller used a media event in Tokyo to draw a line under two weeks of takeover speculation. He said Tenstorrent has not discussed a sale to Qualcomm and remains focused on IP licensing, scalable AI chips and markets such as Japan.
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