Samsung Leads $231 Million Series A Funding Round for Dutch AI Chip Startup Euclyd

According to TechStartups.com, Dutch AI chip startup Euclyd has completed an over €200 million (approximately $231 million) Series A funding round, co-led by Samsung, Somerset Capital Partners, EQT’s Scaleup Europe Fund, and Innovation Industries. Founded in 2024 by Bernardo Kastrup and Atul Sinha, Euclyd is headquartered in Eindhoven and focuses on AI inference, aiming to replace GPU solutions with proprietary chips and memory architectures to reduce energy consumption for AI inference and lower cost per token. Former ASML CEO Peter Wennink will serve as the company's board chairman.