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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) · Saturday, September 19, 2026

Positron AI Builds Hardware for Generative AI Inference

Thomas Sohmers, co-founder of Positron AI, described the company's focus on building the hardware stack for generative AI inference. This includes chips, software, and full systems, aiming to power the applications driving current excitement in AI.

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“So Positron is a fabulous semiconductor startup that's building hardware.”
Thomas Sohmers
“So really everything from the chips, the software directly running on top of that, all the way to, you know, the full systems and rack scale deployments to power generative AI inference.”
Thomas Sohmers
“So effectively, everything in the hardware and sort of the low-level direct talking to hardware software stack that powers all the applications everyone in the world is excited about right now.”
Thomas Sohmers
Heard on The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) — “20VC: "Anti-Data Centres is a Chinese Psyop" | How Many Planned Data Centers Will Actually Get Built? | Is Energy AI's Biggest Bottleneck? With Thomas Sohmers, Co-Founder @ Positron”, published Saturday, September 19, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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Positron AI Builds Hardware for Generative AI Inference — Heardvine