LMArena lands $1.7B valuation four months after launching its product

Published on January 6, 2026
LMArena, which started as a UC Berkeley research project, has raised about $250 million total and become a unicorn in about seven months.
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Nvidia to accelerate Siemens EDA tools using its GPUs

January 6, 2026
Nvidia announced today at CES 2026 that it would help Siemens electronic design automation (EDA) software run on its GPUs in an attempt to speed up the chip design process. Nearly all computer chips today are designed using EDA tools, and as chip features get smaller and transistors more numerous, the process has grown more […]

Intel is building a handheld gaming platform including a dedicated chip

January 6, 2026
Intel has been building chips designed for gaming PCs for years but the company is now moving into handheld devices too.