Qualcomm Buys Buzzy Chip Startup Modular for Nearly $4 Billion

Wired · Jun 24, 2026, 12:36 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

Why this matters: a development in AI with implications for how people work, create, and decide.

Modular, one of the most promising chip software startups of the AI era, heads for a multibillion-dollar exit.

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Qualcomm Buys Buzzy Chip Startup Modular for Nearly $4 Billion

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