Auradine Lands $153 Million Series C

<p><strong><span class&equals;"legendSpanClass">SANTA CLARA<&sol;span> <&sol;strong>&&num;8212&semi; <u><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;c212&period;net&sol;c&sol;link&sol;&quest;t&equals;0&amp&semi;l&equals;en&amp&semi;o&equals;4406183-1&amp&semi;h&equals;3613993269&amp&semi;u&equals;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fauradine&period;com&percnt;2F&amp&semi;a&equals;Auradine&percnt;2C&plus;Inc" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener">Auradine&comma; Inc<&sol;a><&sol;u>&period;&comma; a provider of energy-efficient solutions for blockchain and AI infrastructure&comma; has announced closing of an additional <span class&equals;"xn-money">&dollar;153 million<&sol;span> in connection with its Series C funding round&period; The oversubscribed round was led by StepStone Group and included participation from Maverick Silicon&comma; Premji Invest&comma; Samsung Catalyst Fund&comma; Qualcomm Ventures&comma; Mayfield&comma; MARA Holdings&comma; GSBackers and other existing investors&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This latest round brings Auradine&&num;8217&semi;s total capital raised to over <span class&equals;"xn-money">&dollar;300 million<&sol;span>&comma; positioning the company to expand its product portfolio and accelerate its mission to deliver scalable&comma; sustainable and innovative infrastructure for the AI and blockchain era&period; Concurrent with the Series C close&comma; Auradine is announcing the formation of a new business group&comma; <b>AuraLinks AI<&sol;b>&comma; focused on open-standards based networking solutions to address the rapidly increasing bandwidth and cooling requirements of next-generation AI data centers&period; The AuraLinks AI team draws on decades of experience from companies such as Palo Alto Networks&comma; Cisco&comma; Juniper&comma; Marvell&comma; Broadcom&comma; Google&comma; and Microsoft&comma; with a proven track record of delivering market-leading products that have generated multi-billion-dollar revenues&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Since its founding in 2022&comma; Auradine has emerged as a disruptor in blockchain and AI infrastructure&comma; driven by innovation and execution&period; Key achievements include&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul >&NewLine;<li>Commercial delivery of its Teraflux™ 3nm Bitcoin miners&comma; featuring advanced cooling solutions now deployed by over 40 leading Bitcoin data center operators&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>A rapidly expanding order pipeline&comma; signaling strong demand for Auradine&&num;8217&semi;s high-performance&comma; energy-efficient blockchain solutions&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Introduction of a high-speed&comma; low-latency networking platform that enhances performance&comma; reduces bottlenecks and maximizes GPU efficiency&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Recognition by the Global Semiconductor Alliance as a &&num;8220&semi;Start-Up to Watch&&num;8221&semi; for 2025&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Strategic contributions to the Ultra Accelerator Link &lpar;UAL&rpar; and Ultra Ethernet Link consortiums&comma; helping shape future industry standards&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Appointment of semiconductor industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan to Auradine&&num;8217&semi;s Board of Directors&period;<b><&sol;b><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Both Bitcoin and AI convert energy into economic value and require highly energy-efficient&comma; scalable and flexible infrastructure solutions&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said <b><span class&equals;"xn-person">Rajiv Khemani<&sol;span>&comma; co-founder and CEO of Auradine&period;<&sol;b> &&num;8220&semi;Since day one&comma; Auradine has focused on open standards&comma; sustainability&comma; and innovation velocity&period; Our dual focus on Bitcoin and AI infrastructure places Auradine at the intersection of pivotal technologies that will reshape computing and energy utilization for decades to come&period; This funding round enables us to scale that vision with greater speed and impact&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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