Auradine – a leader in energy-efficient blockchain and AI infrastructure solutions – announced the closing of an additional $153 million in connection with its Series C funding round. This funding round was led by StepStone Group and included participation from Maverick Silicon, Premji Invest, Samsung Catalyst Fund, Qualcomm Ventures, Mayfield, MARA Holdings, GSBackers, and other existing investors.
This latest funding round brings Auradine’s total capital raised to over $300 million, positioning the company to expand its product portfolio and accelerate its mission to deliver scalable, sustainable,e and innovative infrastructure for the AI and blockchain era.
Along with the Series C close, Auradine is announcing the formation of a new business group called AuraLinks AI. This group is focused on open-standards-based networking solutions to address the rapidly increasing bandwidth and cooling requirements of next-generation AI data centers.
The AuraLinks AI team taps into decades of experience from companies such as Palo Alto Networks, Cisco, Juniper, Marvell, Broadcom, Google, and Microsoft, with a proven track record of delivering market-leading products that have generated multi-billion-dollar revenues.
Since its founding in 2022, Auradine has emerged as a disruptor in blockchain and AI infrastructure, driven by innovation and execution.
Some of the key achievements include:
1.) Commercial delivery of its Teraflux 3nm Bitcoin miners, featuring advanced cooling solutions now deployed by over 40 leading Bitcoin data center operators.
2.) An expanding order pipeline, signaling strong demand for Auradine’s high-performance, energy-efficient blockchain solutions.
3.) Introducing a high-speed and low-latency networking platform that enhances performance, reduces bottlenecks, and maximizes GPU efficiency.
4.) Strategic contributions to the Ultra Accelerator Link (UAL) and Ultra Ethernet Link consortiums, helping drive future industry standards.
5.) Appointment of semiconductor industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan to Auradine’s Board of Directors.
KEY QUOTES:
“Both Bitcoin and AI convert energy into economic value and require highly energy-efficient, scalable and flexible infrastructure solutions. Since day one, Auradine has focused on open standards, sustainability, and innovation velocity. 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. This funding round enables us to scale that vision with greater speed and impact.”
– Rajiv Khemani, co-founder and CEO of Auradine
“We’re thrilled to partner with Auradine, a company with a world-class team that has demonstrated outstanding execution across product development and go-to-market. We’ve been impressed by their visionary roadmap across silicon, cooling, and system-level solutions for AI and blockchain— what we believe to be two of the most transformative trends of our time.”
– Andy Jones, Senior Managing Director at StepStone Group
“Auradine has assembled a world-class engineering organization across semiconductors, security, and systems infrastructure. We are thrilled to join their mission to build more energy-efficient silicon and to onshore the development of critical technology infrastructure to the United States.”
– Andrew Homan, Managing Partner of Maverick Silicon
“At Qualcomm Ventures, we are excited to invest in companies that are shaping the future of data centers and AI. Auradine’s approach is not only innovative but foundational to the evolution of Gen AI networking fabrics. We’re excited to support their continued growth as they push the boundaries of high-performance infrastructure.”
– Quinn Li, Senior Vice President, Qualcomm Technologies and Global Head of Qualcomm Ventures
“AI and Crypto represent long-term secular growth trends that will define the next generation of computing infrastructure. Auradine combines a unique mix of talent, technology, and vision required to become a category leader delivering lasting value to the global infrastructure stack. We’re excited to join their journey.”
– Sandesh Patnam, Managing Partner at Premji Invest
