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A British AI-chip startup is raising at $6.5bn after an Anthropic deal

Fractile, a British startup building chips for artificial intelligence, is in advanced talks to raise money at a valuation more than six times what it fetched three months ago, Bloomberg reported. The jump follows a deal to supply chips to Anthropic. The company is raising funds at a pre-money valuation of $6.5bn, according to people […] This story continues at The Next Web

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A British AI-chip startup is raising at $6.5bn after an Anthropic deal
Fractile, a British startup building chips for artificial intelligence, is in advanced talks to raise money at a valuation more than six times what it fetched three months ago, Bloomberg reported. The jump follows a deal to supply chips to Anthropic. The company is raising funds at a pre-money valuation of $6.5bn, according to people […]

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