Upscale AI Draws Multi-Firm Investor Backing for Open AI Networking Silicon Platform
SHERIDAN, WYOMING - April 14, 2026 - Upscale AI, a Santa Clara-based networking silicon startup, has announced investor backing from multiple venture capital and strategic firms including Tiger Global, Premji Invest, Mayfield, Intel Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, StepStone Group, Prosperity7 Ventures, Xora Innovation, and Maverick Silicon for its SkyHammer™ architecture-a ground-up designed platform for scale-up AI networking at high-volume deployments. The company positions its technology as an open, heterogeneous alternative to proprietary networking stacks, at a moment when interconnect bottlenecks are increasingly constraining AI cluster performance. With integration confirmed for NVIDIA Ethernet Switch Silicon and early adoption of the UALink standard, Upscale AI is targeting hyperscalers and enterprise AI infrastructure operators as its primary commercial base.