Canadian AI computing startup Tenstorrent and LG partner to build chips

By Jane Lanhee Lee
FILE PHOTO Jim Keller CEO of Canadian AI computing startup Tenstorrent poses for a photo at the companys office in Santa Clara California U.S. in this picture taken in 2022. TenstorrentHandout via REUTERS

FILE PHOTO: Jim Keller, CEO of Canadian AI computing startup Tenstorrent, poses for a photo at the company's office in Santa Clara, California, U.S. in this picture taken in 2022. Tenstorrent/Handout via REUTERS

OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - Canadian AI computer design startup Tenstorrent said on Tuesday it was partnering with South Korea's consumer electronics firm LG Electronics Inc to build chips that power smart TVs, automotive products and data centers.

Tenstorrent, started in 2016, designs computers to train and run artificial intelligence models and works on both the software and hardware, CEO Jim Keller said in an interview. Keller is an engineer best known for his pioneering work in designing chips at Apple Inc, Tesla Inc , and chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc .

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