Rebellions forms Japanese unit to expand in data center market

Mar 31, 2025

Contract Type

partnership

SeoulManufacturingSoftwareScience And EngineeringArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningSemiconductor Manufacturing

Description

Rebellions, an AI chip startup, has established a Japanese unit with the goal of strengthening local communications and technical support, finding new clients in Japan, and accelerating the demonstration of proof of concept for its AI semiconductors with Japanese cloud service providers and mobile carriers. The overseas expansion follows Rebellions' merger with Sapeon Korea in December and its recent partnership with Naver Cloud to develop infrastructure for a localized AI model for Saudi Arabia.

Company Information

Company

Rebellions

Location

Seoul, Seoul, South Korea

About

At that time, Rebellions CEO and co-founder Sunghyun Park told TechCrunch that the startup wrapped up its initial Series A, which was oversubscribed, in less than three months from financial investors. The Pavilion Capital-backed AI chipmaker has raised about $72.8 million (92 billion KRW) in total Series A funding, bringing its total funding to about $102.8 million since its inception in 2020. Temasek’s Pavilion Capital backs South Korean AI chip maker Rebellions with $50M investmentRebellions spokesperson told TechCrunch that the company plans to use the extension round to mass-produce its second AI chip prototype, ATOM, that will be used for large companies in the cloud sector and data centers. “Through the partnership with KT, we hope Rebellions will become a global fabless company like NVIDIA and Qualcomm.” Rebellions is also currently in discussions with potential customers in the financial sector to get its first AI chip, ION, which was launched in November 2021.