Fractile secures $720M Series C as valuation reaches $7B
The London-based startup is developing custom chips for AI, with backing from CapitalG, Lightspeed, Redpoint and British state funds. Its design focuses on memory bandwidth rather than raw computing power as the main constraint on AI performance, according to The Next Web, which attributes the valuation to Financial Times reporting.
- RuntimeWire reports that Fractile has yet to ship its first chip.
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