Meta is actively negotiating to acquire South Korean artificial intelligence chip startup FuriosaAI, a move aimed at enhancing its AI hardware infrastructure to cope with growing demand for AI and reduce its reliance on Nvidia. FuriosaAI focuses on developing chips that can accelerate the operation of artificial intelligence models, and its technology will effectively improve the efficiency of Meta's AI model, such as text generation models such as Llama2 and Llama3. This move also reflects Meta's high emphasis on the development of artificial intelligence technology and its continued investment in technological innovation and infrastructure construction. It is expected that Meta will invest up to US$65 billion in 2023 to achieve its artificial intelligence goals.
According to Forbes, Meta (formerly Facebook) is actively negotiating to acquire a South Korean chip startup called FuriosaAI. The move aims to enhance Meta's artificial intelligence hardware infrastructure to address the growing demand for AI. Founded by many former Samsung and AMD employees, FuriosaAI focuses on developing chips that can accelerate the operation of artificial intelligence models and text generation models suitable for Meta, such as Llama2 and Llama3.
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FuriosaAI's technology can not only improve the efficiency of AI models, but also support Meta's competitiveness in this field. According to Crunchbase, the company has so far successfully raised 90 billion won (about $61.94 million) from investors such as South Korean technology company Naver. In addition, FuriosaAI is also engaging with potential customers in the United States, Japan and India, showing its global market expansion potential.
Meta's acquisition plan may be to reduce its dependence on NVIDIA, the industry's leading chip manufacturer. In recent years, Nvidia's dominance in the artificial intelligence hardware market has become increasingly prominent. Meta hopes to strengthen its layout in the AI field through independent research and development and acquisition of emerging companies. At the same time, Meta is also trying to build more efficient artificial intelligence acceleration chips, and the addition of FuriosaAI will help enrich its hardware ecosystem.
According to a recent announcement from Meta, the company is expected to spend up to $65 billion in 2023 to achieve its artificial intelligence goals. This ambitious plan shows Meta's emphasis on the future development of AI technology, and also shows the company's continued investment in technological innovation and infrastructure construction.
The possibility of Meta's acquisition of FuriosaAI provides new impetus for its development in the AI field, and Meta is expected to officially announce this acquisition intention in the next few months.
Key points:
Meta is negotiating to acquire South Korean chip company FuriosaAI to enhance its AI hardware infrastructure.
The chip developed by FuriosaAI can accelerate the operation of Meta's text generation model.
Meta plans to invest up to $65 billion in artificial intelligence targets in 2023.
Meta's acquisition of FuriosaAI will further consolidate its competitive position in the field of artificial intelligence and promote the continued development of its AI technology. This move also indicates that competition in the field of artificial intelligence hardware will be more intense.