Founders / Ivan Hamer
Ivan Hamer
Ivan Hamer is a co-founder of Tenstorrent, an AI hardware and semiconductors company based in Santa Clara. Ivan Hamer co-founded Tenstorrent with Milos Trajkovic and Ljubisa Bajic. Tenstorrent had raised US$2.5B across 6 rounds as of November 2026, most recently a US$1.5B Series E in October 2026 led by Trace Capital and Innovation X. The Canadian AI Newsletter last covered Tenstorrent in October 2026.
Co-founder of Tenstorrent.
Tenstorrent
AI chips (Jim Keller).
- Role
- Co-founder
- HQ
- Santa Clara, CA, US
- Founded
- 2016
- Status
- Active
- Disclosed raised
- US$2.5B
- Latest round
- Series E, Oct 19, 2026
- Website
- tenstorrent.com
Co-founders: Jim Keller, Milos Trajkovic, Ljubisa Bajic
Investors: Trace Capital, Innovation X, Samsung Securities, AFW Partners, Hyundai Motor Group, Samsung Catalyst Fund, Fidelity, Eclipse Ventures, and 9 more
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- CanadianAI:A US$220M contract for sovereign AI, and Qualcomm circles a Toronto companyJun 23, 2026
- Canadian AI: Ottawa's $890M supercomputer bid, a $92M chip exit, and AI that reads cancer cellsApr 21, 2026
- Canadian AI: Taalas and LawZero raising $100M+ eachFeb 24, 2026
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Data as of November 10, 2026.