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Cerebras
AI compute company with wafer-scale chips
AI InfrastructureFounded 2016#27 of 55 in AI Infrastructure
Updated May 29, 2026
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What is Cerebras?
Cerebras Systems is an AI compute company that designs and builds specialized hardware and software for accelerating deep learning workloads. Their flagship product, the CS-2 system, features the Wafer-Scale Engine (WSE), the world's largest AI chip, enabling unprecedented performance for training large AI models. They aim to overcome traditional compute limitations, making them a significant player in the high-performance AI infrastructure ecosystem.
Latest company data
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Downloads
1.8M/30d
- npm
- 335.9K
- PyPI
- 1.5M
Tracked packages: npm @cerebras/cerebras_cloud_sdk; PyPI cerebras-cloud-sdk
▼ -1%npm + PyPI: Updated 1d ago
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Dependent projects
83
- npm
- 19
- PyPI
- 64
Projects depending on tracked packages: npm @cerebras/cerebras_cloud_sdk; PyPI cerebras-cloud-sdk
npm + PyPI: Updated 11h ago
GitHub stars
132
Main repository stars
Updated 11h ago
Hacker News
48/30d
Position #9 in category discussion
Updated 11h ago
Repository health
Maintenance data from the main open-source repository.
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About Cerebras
Cerebras Systems is an AI compute company that designs and builds specialized hardware and software for accelerating deep learning workloads. Their flagship product, the CS-2 system, features the Wafer-Scale Engine (WSE), the world's largest AI chip, enabling unprecedented performance for training large AI models. They aim to overcome traditional compute limitations, making them a significant player in the high-performance AI infrastructure ecosystem.
FoundersAndrew Feldman, Gary Lauterbach, Sean Lie, Michael James
Funding
$710M · 6 roundsRaised $710M total. Category position #27 of 55 in AI Infrastructure.
Series F2021
$250MAlpha Wave Ventures, Abu Dhabi Growth Fund
Series E2019
$270MAltimeter Capital
Series D2018
$80MSequoia Capital
Series C2017
$60MVy Capital
Series B2017
$25MBenchmark
Series A2016
$25MBenchmark
Investors
Abu Dhabi Growth FundAlpha Wave VenturesAltimeter CapitalBenchmarkSequoia CapitalVy Capital
Tracked packages (2)
1 npm, 1 PyPI
@cerebras/cerebras_cloud_sdk
npmMain npm package@cerebras/cerebras_cloud_sdk
AI compute company with wafer-scale chips
cerebras-cloud-sdk
PyPIMain PyPI packagecerebras-cloud-sdk
AI compute company with wafer-scale chips