Ethernovia, a Silicon Valley semiconductor startup, has closed a $90 million Series B funding round to scale its Ethernet-based networking chips designed for autonomous vehicles and robots. The round was led by Maverick Silicon with participation from Porsche SE, Qualcomm Ventures, Socratic Partners, and Conduit Capital.
The company's packet processors act as a high-speed data backbone, aggregating and routing sensor, vision, and AI data streams with ultra-low latency. CEO Ramin Shirani says legacy vehicle networks were never designed for AI workloads: "Our packet processor platform is purpose-built to eliminate these constraints, enabling zonal and centralized architectures that scale autonomy."
Ethernovia's technology addresses a critical bottleneck in physical AI systems—moving massive amounts of real-time data between sensors, cameras, and AI processors. The funding brings the company's total raised to over $154 million and will accelerate production of next-generation chips while expanding customer engagements in automotive and robotics.