Graphcore

Headquartered in Bristol, England, Graphcore has created a new processor, the Intelligence Processing Unit (IPU), specifically designed for artificial intelligence. The IPU’s unique architecture means developers can run current machine learning models orders of magnitude faster. More importantly, it lets AI researchers undertake entirely new types of work, not possible using current technologies, to drive the next great breakthroughs in general machine intelligence. They believe their IPU technology will become the worldwide standard for artificial intelligence compute. The performance of Graphcore’s IPU is going to be transformative across all industries and sectors whether you are a medical researcher, roboticist or building autonomous cars. They have created a completely new processor, the IPU, specifically designed for AI compute. The IPU’s unique architecture lets AI researchers undertake entirely new types of work, not possible using current technologies, to drive the next advances in machine intelligence. Their Investors: Atomico, AHREN, Amadeus Capital Partners, BMW I Ventures, BOSCH, Dell Technologies, draperesprit, C4Ventures, Foundation Capital, Latitude, MAYFAIR Equity Partners, Merian Global Investors, Microsoft, Sofina and Samsung Catalyst Fund among many others. Their Customers: Carmot Capital, Citadel, Espreso Media, Imperial College London, Microsoft, Qwant, Simula, University of Bristol and University of Oxford.