About Tachyum
Tachyum designs the Prodigy processor, which it calls a universal processor because one chip is meant to handle general server work, high performance computing and AI, instead of pairing separate CPUs and GPUs. The company says Prodigy can also run x86, Arm and RISC-V software. These performance claims come from Tachyum and have not been independently benchmarked. Founded in 2016 by Radoslav Danilak, it has its US headquarters in Las Vegas, Nevada, and its European headquarters and R&D site in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Tachyum was founded in 2016 and is based in Las Vegas, NV, United States. It is listed under AI Accelerators, Custom Silicon, CPUs & RISC-V. Reported funding is $500M purchase order from Series C investor (Nov 2025).
Compute Technologies
- AI Accelerators
- Custom Silicon
What Tachyum works on
AI Accelerators
An AI accelerator is a chip, or a part of a chip, designed to run machine learning faster or with less energy than a general-purpose processor. The category includes GPUs, TPUs, neural processing units (NPUs) and chips from many startups.
Custom Silicon
Custom silicon means a company designs its own chips for its own products or data centers instead of buying standard parts. The chip is made by a foundry such as TSMC, but the design belongs to the customer.
CPUs & RISC-V
A CPU, or central processing unit, is the general-purpose chip that runs a computer. It reads instructions, does arithmetic and logic, and decides what happens next. Every phone, laptop and server has at least one.
