Cerebras, based in Sunnyvale, California, makes the Wafer-Scale Engine, a single chip the size of a silicon wafer, sold in CS-3 systems and through its own inference cloud. It listed on Nasdaq in May 2026 after pricing its IPO at $185 a share.
At a glance
| Price from | Custom |
| Best for | Teams that need very fast AI inference |
From Cerebras's own website.
What stands out
- Built for fast inference
- Sells systems and a cloud service
Worth knowing
- Relies on a few large customers
- Unusual hardware needs specialist support
How it ranks
Cerebras is ranked 7th of 10 in Best AI Chip Companies (Lister Score 89.5).
#7 in Best AI Chip Companies · Lister Score 89.5
Cerebras began trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker CBRS on 14 May 2026..
| Rank | Best AI Chip Companies | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nvidia | 97.4 |
| 2 | AMD | 95.9 |
| 3 | Google (TPU) | 94.7 |
| 4 | Broadcom | 93.5 |
| 5 | Amazon Web Services (Trainium) | 92.2 |
| 6 | Huawei (Ascend) | 90.8 |
| 7 | Cerebras | 89.5 |
| 8 | Intel | 88.1 |
| 9 | Qualcomm | 86.6 |
| 10 | Tenstorrent | 85.2 |
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