India, May 4 -- AI compute solutions provider Tsavorite has raised $5 Mn (about Rs.46.6 Cr) from Hyderabad-based VC firm Pavestone.

The startup plans to use the funds to step up product development and expand its footprint as it looks to tap rising demand for AI infrastructure.

California and Bengaluru-based Tsavorite is building a full-stack compute platform designed to run AI workloads across edge devices, enterprises and data centres.

Founded in 2023 by Shalesh Thusoo, Supriya Madan, Guntram Wolski, Sarvagya Kochak and Shirish Seetharam, Tsavorite is building what it calls an omni processing unit (OPU) - a chip that combines compute, memory and connectivity into a single system to run AI workloads such as training and inference.

It...