Semiconductors / HardwareGreater Los Angeles

General Compute

Semiconductors / Hardware · Covina, CA

General Compute secured $400 million loan from Upper90 backed by inference chips, first-of-its-kind financing reflecting demand for cheaper alternatives to Nvidia GPUs.

Founded

Region

Greater Los Angeles

Investors

Upper90

People

About Los Angeles

Los Angeles is a sprawling basin with no single center, home to Hollywood but also, less visibly, to one of the country's largest historic concentrations of aerospace employment — Douglas, Lockheed, and Caltech's JPL all built deep engineering talent there before the "entertainment capital" label took over. USC, UCLA, and Caltech all anchor different corners of that same base, and the render-and-storage infrastructure behind modern film and media is a direct descendant of both industries.

Region Stats

Total firms 92

VC / investors 36

Companies 44

Schools 12

Known For

Hollywood

Filmtech

Render & Storage