@jack_gpt_: A Sydney scientist just convinced one of the most powerful men in the global semiconductor industry to join the board of her Aussie startup. The next chip war might run through Australia. The company is Syenta. Spun out of the Australian National University six years ago by Dr Jekaterina Viktorova and Ben Wilkinson. They've developed a process called Localised Electrochemical Manufacturing. In plain English, they can build chip connections finer than what TSMC can do, without needing a new fab. Their tech solves the single biggest bottleneck in Al right now, which is not compute power, it's how chips connect to each other. They just closed a $37 million Series A, taking total funding to $51 million. Lead investor is Playground Global in Silicon Valley. Their general partner is Pat Gelsinger, the former CEO of Intel. He just joined Syenta's board. The investor list is genuinely wild. Blackbird. The Australian Government's National Reconstruction Fund. The CIA's venture arm, In-Q-Tel. Singapore's SGInnovate. From a research lab in Canberra. Now opening a US base in Arizona. The next chip giant might be Australian. #startup #ausstartup #ai #australianbusiness #Tech

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Friday 29 May 2026 10:39:27 GMT