# Wafer raises $40 million Series A for workload-specific AI agents

_Published Tuesday, September 1, 2026 at 5:07 PM EDT · Capital · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

Wafer, which builds AI agents to optimize open-source models for a business's workload, has raised a $40 million Series A, according to a source cited by The Information. The company was valued at more than $200 million in the financing, the summary says. The funding follows growing interest among developers and chip designers in using AI to design and optimize AI chips.

## Sources

- [Techmeme](https://www.techmeme.com/260901/p40#a260901p40)

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