Be Inc. has confirmed that Intel recently invested in the company and its alternative operating system. The Intel green were part of a US$25 million financing round that included investments from venture capital sugar daddies such as August Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Alta Partners, and Associated Venture Investors Capital.

The money is crucial for Be, which makes BeOS, an alternative operating system aimed at turning PCs into high-end graphics machines that can speedily handle enormous amounts of data. The BeOS is aimed at multimedia artists and developers.

Be also recently said it scored a hardware deal for its operating system - the BeOS will be pre-installed on certain high-end Hitachi computers in early December. The company also recently announced its “Release 4” version of the BeOS, which is supposed to work better running alongside Microsoft’s Windows operating system, according to the company.

“Our success with this round of funding indicates that there is room in the market for alternative operating systems that address very specific end-user needs,” said Be CEO Jean-Louis Gassee. “Just as Linux is the alternative OS for Internet and enterprise servers, the BeOS aims to do the same for audio and video creation and playback.

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