Under the leadership of the esteemed chip designer Jim Keller, AI chip company Tenstorrent has recently carried out a workforce reduction, laying off 7.5% of its staff. This move brings the total number of employees down to roughly 1,000. CEO Jim Keller clarified that the layoffs were determined by employees' skill sets, mindsets, and how well they fit into the team, rather than being driven by financial factors. The company has revamped its sales approach, moving away from a focus on enterprises and instead concentrating on individual developers. It believes that fostering closer collaboration with developers and small - to - medium - sized enterprises will be beneficial for its early - stage development. Regarding its products, the tape - out time for the third - generation AI hardware has been pushed back from the fourth quarter of this year to the first quarter of 2026. At present, the company is working in tandem with third - party entities to enhance the AI model inference performance of its second - generation chips.