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August 26, 2025

Graphcore cofounder exits company one year on from SoftBank acquisition

The departure follows the Japanese multinational buying the struggling Bristol-based chip maker in July last year

A cofounder of once-hyped semiconductor startup Graphcore has exited the company, just over a year after it was acquired by SoftBank. 

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Kai Nicol-Schwarz

Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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