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March 26, 2024

Inside HyperAI’s lawsuit against Graphcore

HyperAI sues the UK chipmaker over breach of contract just as Graphcore engages in talks with a potential buyer

Dutch cloud company HyperAI has sued UK chipmaking startup Graphcore over breach of contract, accusing the British startup of walking away from a cloud partnership deal and failing to deliver technical support that it had paid for.

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Cristina Gallardo

Cristina Gallardo was a senior reporter at Sifted based in Madrid and Barcelona. She covered Europe's tech sovereignty, deeptech and Iberia. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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