SoftBank-backed Graphcore to invest £1 bn in India, open AI chip hub

The British AI chipmaker will open an engineering centre in Bengaluru and create 500 semiconductor jobs as part of a £1 ...
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SoftBank Acquires Chip Designer Graphcore On ‘Journey’ To Artificial General Intelligence

‘In SoftBank, we have a partner that can enable the Graphcore team to redefine the landscape for AI technology,’ Graphcore co-founder and CEO Nigel Toon says of the acquisition. Japanese investment ...
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Graphcore® Opens India Office to Accelerate Uptake of Advanced AI Compute

AI compute systems maker Graphcore announces the opening of its first office in India, under the leadership of former Cray executive Sudhakar Yerneni. Based in Pune, Sudhakar and a growing team of ...
Business Insider

AI chip startup Graphcore was meant to be a hot Nvidia rival. Industry insiders now think it's up for sale.

British investors are pessimistic about the prospects of Graphcore, once billed as a rival to Nvidia. The firm, which makes AI chips, reported surging losses, layoffs, and office closures. Industry ...
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M&A activity heats up with Wiz, Graphcore, etc.

Shortly after Google parent Alphabet reportedly abandoned its ambitions to purchase online marketing software company HubSpot, the tech giant decided to pursue another big acquisition. This time, ...
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Graphcore, which wants to be an AI chip rival to Nvidia, has shut offices and needs more investor cash

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. It's boom times for pretty much every business in artificial intelligence or chips — but not for ...