Founders / Ljubisa Bajic
Ljubisa Bajic
CEO/Co-founder of Taalas. Formerly Co-founder (former CEO/CTO) of Tenstorrent.
Taalas
AI chips hardwired to silicon.
- Role
- CEO/Co-founder
- HQ
- Toronto, ON
- Founded
- 2023
- Status
- Acquired by AMD
- Disclosed raised
- US$219M
- Latest round
- Undisclosed, Feb 19, 2026
Co-founders: Lejla Bajic, Drago Ignjatovic
Investors: Quiet Capital, Pierre Lamond, Fidelity
Tenstorrent
AI chips (Jim Keller).
- Former role
- Co-founder (former CEO/CTO)
- HQ
- Santa Clara, CA, US
- Founded
- 2016
- Status
- Active
- Disclosed raised
- US$1B
- Latest round
- Series D, Dec 2, 2024
Co-founders: Jim Keller, Milos Trajkovic, Ivan Hamer
Investors: Samsung Securities, AFW Partners, Hyundai Motor Group, Samsung Catalyst Fund, Fidelity, Export Development Canada, HOOPP, Eclipse Ventures, and 5 more
In the newsletter
- CanadianAI: Ontario charges data centres full freight, and Convictional gives the money backAug 18, 2026
- CanadianAI: AMD buys Taalas, and Alberta pitches data centres as digital refineriesAug 11, 2026
- CanadianAI: A month of Canadian AI in one issue, an AI takes the CEO seatAug 4, 2026
- CanadianAI: The State of Canadian AI, H1 2026Jul 28, 2026
- 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 September 29, 2026.