Storage Startup Pliops Snags $65M Round As Nvidia Ups Stake ‘We make OLC higher performance by eliminating up to 90 percent of writes to QLC. That makes QLC NAND last up to 10 times longer than it otherwise would. When paired with Intel Optane, which is already fast, we make it faster,’ says Pliops President Steve Fingerhut. By Joseph F. Kovar February 26, 2021, 04:32 PM EST Pliops, a startup developer of technology for improving storage performance using low-cost QLC NAND, this week unveiled a new $65-million round of funding and plans to bring its technology to cloud companies and the channel in the very near future.