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January 15, 2026

The people with power at Nvidia-backed Nscale

Who’s behind the hyped company? 


Freya Pratty

4 min read

Nidhi Chappell, president of AI infrastructure at Nscale

British AI infrastructure startup Nscale was relatively unknown a year ago, but in 2025 the company emerged as a key player in the race to build out compute capacity, securing backing from Nvidia and penning deals with Microsoft and OpenAI. 

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Freya Pratty

Freya Pratty is Sifted's associate editor. She covers UK tech and leads Sifted's investigations. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky

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