AMD Ventures

At Computex in Taipei, AMD unveiled the AMD Fusion Fund alongside its Fusion processor demonstration. The initiative targeted applications using the combined capabilities of CPUs and GPUs. PC Perspective reproduced the relevant AMD announcement; the date marks the predecessor program’s public unveiling.⁠[3]

AMD announced a Fusion Fund investment in videoconferencing company ViVu. Collaboration included VuRoom and a wireless-display prototype. The announcement illustrates the early model of combining financing with development on AMD hardware, technical cooperation and business connections.⁠[4]

AMD disclosed an investment in gesture-based video communications company Nuvixa, explicitly describing AMD Ventures as the former AMD Fusion Fund. The companies collaborated on OpenCL and APU optimization for StagePresence. The Ventures operation therefore predates the generative-AI investment expansion of the 2020s.⁠[5]

Liquid AI announced a $250 million Series A to support model development, compute infrastructure and deployment. An AMD executive confirmed support for the financing and collaboration on training and deploying models using AMD Instinct GPUs. AMD Ventures also lists Liquid AI in its portfolio.⁠[6][2]

Vultr announced completed growth financing led by LuminArx Capital Management and AMD Ventures at a $3.5 billion valuation. It planned to expand AI infrastructure and cloud services. The announcement did not disclose AMD Ventures’ individual investment or ownership percentage.⁠[7]

Brett AdcockBrett AdcockBrett Adcock (born April 6, 1986) is a technology entrepreneur who founded humanoid robotics company Figure, AI company Hark and school-security company Cover, after co-founding Vettery and Archer Aviation.Open the full entry’s Hark announced more than $700 million in Series A funding at a $6 billion post-money valuation, led by Parkway Venture Capital with AMD Ventures, Salesforce VenturesSalesforce VenturesSalesforce Ventures is Salesforce’s corporate venture capital arm. Active since 2009, it backs companies from seed through growth across enterprise software, cloud infrastructure, data, security and AI. Salesforce supplies all of its capital.Open the full entry, NVIDIA and others participating. Hark did not break down individual contributions; the amount refers to the entire round.⁠[8][9]

TensorWave announced a $350 million Series B at a $1.55 billion valuation, co-led by Magnetar and AMD Ventures. The AMD-based GPU cloud provider planned to expand infrastructure and MI355X cluster deployments. The financing amount again represents the entire round.⁠[10]

As checked on October 12, 2026, the website reported over 70 active portfolio companies and over $2 billion invested in AI. Examples included Absci, Hugging Face, Liquid AI, Hark, TensorWave and World Labs. These website figures are not presented as the size of a single fund or assets under management.⁠[2]

The website organizes its focus into models, platforms and tools, vertical AI, AI cloud, silicon technologies and interconnects. Portfolio support includes GPU access, engineering optimization, industry visibility and customer introductions, connecting venture investment with AMD’s product ecosystem.⁠[2][1]

As checked in October 2026, the leadership page listed AMD strategy and corporate-development executive Mat Hein, Head of AMD Ventures Sagi Paz, Investment Director Patrick Rundell and portfolio-development lead Danny Boisson. Its contact location was Santa Clara, California.⁠[1]

AMD Ventures: Official website: https://www.amd.com/en/ventures.html (opens in a new window).⁠[2]

AMD: Official website: https://www.amd.com/ (opens in a new window).⁠[1]

AMD Ventures LinkedInLinkedInLinkedIn is a social networking platform for professionals. It was founded in 2002 by Reid Hoffman and others, launched in 2003, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2011; after Microsoft acquired it for approximately $26.2 billion in 2016, it became a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary. Its revenue comes from membership subscriptions, advertising, and recruitment solutions.Open the full entry: Official website: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/amd-ventures/ (opens in a new window).⁠[11]