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Spectral Compute Raises $6 Million to Run CUDA Apps on Non‑Nvidia GPUs

The London startup pitches SCALE as near‑instant CUDA portability on select AMD GPUs.

Overview

  • The seed round was led by Costanoa with participation from Crucible and prominent angel investors.
  • SCALE is designed to let CUDA applications run on rival hardware, and the company says it currently supports some AMD architectures with broader support planned.
  • The framework is free for non‑commercial use, with commercial licensing offered for cloud providers and large on‑premise enterprise deployments.
  • Spectral claims SCALE provides near‑instant interoperability without performance loss, contrasting it with traditional porting efforts that can take 18–24 months.
  • The funding will go toward product development, go‑to‑market expansion, and hiring beyond the 19‑person team, with early customers in microprocessor design and high‑performance motorsports.