Graphcore Stock
Microprocessor Designed for AI and Machine Learning
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About Graphcore Stock
Graphcore is a hardware systems company that develops a microprocessor designed specifically for AI and machine learning applications. It has created a new processor, the Intelligence Processing Unit (IPU), specifically designed for artificial intelligence. Graphcore claims that the IPU’s architecture can allow developers to run current machine learning models orders of magnitude faster and allow AI researches to undertake new types of work.
Graphcore was founded in 2016 by Nigel Toon and Simon Knowles and is headquartered in Bristol, United Kingdom. Notable investors include Sequoia Capital, Amadeus Capital Partners, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, and Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center.
Investors
Sequoia Capital
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Foundation Capital
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Atomico
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Dell Technologies Capital
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Funding History
October 2016 | $32.0M |
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July 2017 | $30.0M |
November 2017 | $50.0M |
December 2018 | $217M |
May 2020 | $160M |
January 2021 | $262M |
Management
Chief Executive Officer
Nigel Toon
Chief Financial Officer
Nick Bishop
Press
businesscloud - Feb, 25 2024
Will Graphcore be sold to cover heavy losses?neowin - Feb, 25 2024
Firm behind ChatGPT could buy UK chipmaker Graphcore for its IPUsuktech - Feb, 24 2024
UK microchip firm Graphcore in takeover talks – reporttechspot - Feb, 22 2024
British AI company Graphcore is trying to sell its accelerator business, perhaps to OpenAIeenewseurope - Feb, 20 2024
Could SoftBank, OpenAI buy lossmaking Graphcore?