Silicon Data Raises $30.5 Million Series A to Build AI Compute Benchmark Layer

Silicon Data, a New York-based AI compute benchmark and market intelligence platform, has raised $30.5 million in an initial Series A round led by the Valor Atreides AI Fund.

The round also saw participation from CME Group, DRW, F-Prime, Samsung, VanEck, Further, Jump, Tectonic, Wintermute, Breed, Hack, Blank VC, Sancus Ventures and SoGal Ventures.

The company will use the capital to expand its pricing benchmarks, GPU performance measurement, institutional market data and risk infrastructure for the growing AI compute economy.

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About Silicon Data

Founded to provide independent data and benchmarks for the AI compute economy, Silicon Data tracks the pricing, performance, supply, demand and utilization of computing infrastructure.

The platform currently has more than 1,000 registered users and has developed nine financial-grade indices covering GPUs and large language models (LLMs).

Core offerings include:

• AI compute pricing indices
• GPU performance benchmarks
• Forward curves and market intelligence
• Alternative datasets for institutional investors
• Risk and financial infrastructure for compute markets

Previous Funding & Investors

Silicon Data previously raised a $4.7 million seed round in March 2025. Since then, the company has expanded its customer base and developed a broader portfolio of pricing and performance data products for the AI compute ecosystem.

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