Positron

United States
Homeland, California, United States

Company profile

Positron company profile

Positron is an artificial intelligence infrastructure company that designs and supplies purpose-built hardware and software systems for accelerating inference of transformer-based models used in generative AI workloads. Its offerings include inference-optimized compute platforms that support deployment of large language models and other AI applications with reduced power consumption and enhanced performance compared with traditional GPU-based systems, enabling enterprise and cloud teams to serve models efficiently with lower operational cost and energy use. The company’s technology is engineered to run popular open-source transformer models seamlessly through compatible APIs, facilitating integration into existing AI workflows without extensive modification. Positron’s platforms combine custom hardware architectures with supporting software to help customers scale AI deployment, manage performance, and extend model context capacity for diverse workloads. It also works to advance next-generation compute solutions that address memory bandwidth and scalability challenges common in AI inference environments. Positron engages with technical and infrastructure teams to deploy its systems in data center and cloud environments where inference workloads require cost-effective, high-throughput processing.

Business identity

Contact email
[email protected]
Operating status
Active
Company type
For Profit
Employee range
11-50 employees
Founded
2023-03-28

Headquarters

Country code
US
Continent
North America

Capital profile

Funding and company signals

Funding stage
Early Stage Venture
Funding rounds
3
Total equity funding
$305.1M
Last funding
Series B / $230M / 2026-02-04
Last equity funding
Series B / $230M
Investors
15
Lead investors
6
Founders
2
Articles
44

Founders and investors

Founders

Barrett WoodsideThomas Sohmers

Lead investors

ARENA Private WealthAtreides ManagementDFJ GrowthJump TradingUnlessValor Equity Partners

Investors

1517 FundDFJ GrowthQatar Investment AuthorityUnlessValor Equity Partners