<p>➀ A group of former Intel engineers and executives have raised $21.5 million in seed funding for their RISC-V startup, AheadComputing.</p><p>➁ The company, based in Portland, Oregon, is using RISC-V to tackle the processing demands of AI.</p><p>➂ Investors include notable figures such as Jim Keller, CEO of RISC-V developer Tenstorrent, and Eclipse Ventures.</p>