# This chip startup just raised $135M on a bet that AI’s biggest bottleneck isn’t compute — it’s memory

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Podcast: [TechCrunch Daily Crunch](https://stenobird.com/podcast/techcrunch-daily-crunch-434302)
Published: 2026-05-30T10:00:00+00:00
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