Graphcore*

Graphcore designs microprocessors for artificial intelligence applications.

* Sofina has an observer seat in the decision-making bodies of the company.

Headquartered in Bristol, UK, Graphcore is a chip manufacturer which built an Intelligence Processing Unit (“IPU”) for the rapidly growing artificial intelligence (“AI”) market. The IPU is the fastest and most flexible platform for current and future machine intelligence applications, lowering the cost of AI in the cloud and datacentres, and improving performance and efficiency.

Sofina entered Graphcore’s capital in 2018. Other shareholders include among others Sequoia Capital and Atomico.

United Kingdom | 2018


Digital transformation