Google’s new custom chip Tensor on Pixel 6; Ather’s revenue jump; Unacademy scores; AI chip startup Blaize’s CEO on India plans

Google will launch its own system on chip called Tensor on the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro phones later this year, CEO Sundar Pichai said in a blogpost on Monday. The chips, which have been four years in the making, are fine tuned to deliver the best of Google’s artificial intelligence and machine learning innovations to Pixel users, Pichai said. Edtech startup Unacademy raises $440 mn; and in our tech conversation today, Dinakar Munagala, co-founder and CEO of Blaize, a semiconductor company making chips for AI talks about plans ahead, including in India