When was Standard Kernel founded?

Standard Kernel was founded in 2025 and raised its 1st funding round 1 year after it was founded.

Where is Standard Kernel located?

Standard Kernel is headquartered in Mountain View, United States.

Is Standard Kernel a funded company?

Standard Kernel is a funded company, having raised a total of $***** in its 1st and only funding round, a Seed round on Mar 12, 2026.

When was the latest funding round of Standard Kernel?

Standard Kernel's latest funding was a $***** Seed round on Mar 12, 2026, with participation from 12 investors. Its primary sector is AI Infrastructure. In United States, the AI Infrastructure sector has seen $254B in funding in 2026 to date.

Where does Standard Kernel rank among its competitors?

Standard Kernel ranks 84th amongst 296 active competitors, of which 123 are funded. It stands 10th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Groq, which secured $350M in Aug, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of Standard Kernel?

Standard Kernel's top competitors include Groq, Cerebras and Lightmatter. Among them, Groq secured the most recent funding round in August, 2026.

Standard Kernel - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Developer of AI infrastructure for automated kernel development and optimization. It focuses on building AI systems optimized by AI, starting with kernels. These kernels execute computations on hardware accelerators, powering AI workloads. The company addresses the challenges of kernel development, which is typically a long and complex process. It aims to improve AI performance by optimizing kernels for modern hardware. The company’s system generates high-performance kernels for newer architectures, exploiting hardware features.

Website: standardkernel.com
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Founded Year

2025

Location

Mountain View, United States

Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$20M in 1 round

Latest Funding Round

Seed, Mar 12, 2026, $*****

Investors

Jump Capital & 12 more

Ranked

84^th among 296 active competitors

Similar Companies

Groq & 114 more

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Standard Kernel has raised a total funding of $20M over 1 round. Its latest funding round was a Seed round on Mar 12, 2026 for $*****. 12 investors participated in its latest round. Standard Kernel has 8 institutional investors and 5 angel investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Standard Kernel:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Mar 12, 2026	8734858	Seed	7716410	2950485	2931603	4887445

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The founders of Standard Kernel are Anne Ouyang and Chris Rinard.

Here are the details of Standard Kernel's key team members:

Anne Ouyang: Founder of Standard Kernel.
Chris Rinard: Co-Founder of Standard Kernel.

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Top competitors of Standard Kernel include Groq, Cerebras and Lightmatter. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Standard Kernel, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Groq 2016, Mountain View (United States), Series E	Developer of specialized hardware processors for artificial intelligence inference workloads	$2.77B	Disruptive, BlackRock & 52 others	72/100
2nd	Cerebras 2015, Sunnyvale (United States), Public	Provider of high-performance AI infrastructure and wafer-scale computing solutions	$2.82B	Fidelity Investments, Benchmark & 35 others	72/100
3rd	Lightmatter 2017, Boston (United States), Series D	Developer of photonic interconnects and co-packaged optics for AI infrastructure	$850M	Google Ventures, Viking Global Investors ... & 16 others	70/100
4th	Ambarella 2004, Santa Clara (United States), Public	Manufacturer of AI-enabled image processors	$15.4M	Northgate Capital, Riverwood Capital & 7 others	69/100
5th	Graphcore Systems 2016, Bristol (United Kingdom), Acquired	Manufacturer of hardware and software for machine learning processing tasks	$742M	Atomico, Merian Global Investors & 74 others	68/100
6th	Ayar Labs 2015, San Jose (United States), Series E	Developer of optical interconnect solutions for artificial intelligence infrastructure applications	$872M	Neuberger Berman, Founders Fund & 57 others	66/100
7th	Celestial AI 2020, Santa Clara (United States), Acquired	Developer of optical interconnect technology for artificial intelligence infrastructure systems	$589M	Koch Disruptive Technologies, Fidelity Investments ... & 21 others	66/100
8th	EdgeCortix 2019, Chuo (Japan), Series B	Developer of energy-efficient AI processors, accelerators, modules, cards, and systems	$138M	SBI Investment, Global Hands-On VC & 14 others	66/100
9th	SambaNova Systems 2017, Palo Alto (United States), Series F	Provider of AI-powered software and hardware	$2.48B	SoftBank Vision Fund, Google Ventures & 33 others	65/100
10th	Tenstorrent 2016, Toronto (Canada), Series D	Developer of hardware and open-source software for artificial intelligence acceleration	$1.18B	Fidelity Investments, Samsung Catalyst Fund ... & 27 others	65/100
84th	Standard Kernel 2025, Mountain View (United States), Seed	Developer of AI infrastructure for automated kernel development and optimization	$20M	Ericsson, Felicis Ventures & 11 others	43/100