# AI chips
- Exclusive: ASML spinout Invisix raises €20m seed round
Exclusive: ASML spinout Invisix raises €20m seed round
- What US chipmaker Cerebras’s IPO could mean for startups like Fractile
What US chipmaker Cerebras’s IPO could mean for startups like Fractile
- Exclusive: The ‘lobby wars’ pitting Europe’s chip startups against semiconductor giants
Exclusive: The ‘lobby wars’ pitting Europe’s chip startups against semiconductor giants
- A PhD pivot, a stint in VC and a rumoured Anthropic deal: why Europe is watching Walter Goodwin
A PhD pivot, a stint in VC and a rumoured Anthropic deal: why Europe is watching Walter Goodwin
- Exclusive: Nvidia challenger Arago tapes out first chip in a milestone move for semiconductor startup
Exclusive: Nvidia challenger Arago tapes out first chip in a milestone move for semiconductor startup
- Chip maker Fractile in talks to raise $200m at unicorn valuation, reports sayNews
March 31, 2026
Chip maker Fractile in talks to raise $200m at unicorn valuation, reports say
- Chips startup Vertical Compute raises €37m to tackle AI’s memory overload
Chips startup Vertical Compute raises €37m to tackle AI’s memory overload
- Exclusive: Stealth AI startup founded by Cambridge scientists unveils plan to challenge Nvidia’s dominance
Exclusive: Stealth AI startup founded by Cambridge scientists unveils plan to challenge Nvidia’s dominance
- AI chip startup Axelera AI raises $250m to take on NvidiaNews
February 24, 2026
AI chip startup Axelera AI raises $250m to take on Nvidia
- UK government-backed photonics chip startup targets $100m+ Series B
UK government-backed photonics chip startup targets $100m+ Series B
- AI giants are racing to secure shrinking memory. It’s creating opportunities for startups
AI giants are racing to secure shrinking memory. It’s creating opportunities for startups
- Exclusive: Nanomaterials startup Chiral raises $12m seed to build the ‘next ASML’
Exclusive: Nanomaterials startup Chiral raises $12m seed to build the ‘next ASML’
- Fractile cofounder exited over ties to China
Fractile cofounder exited over ties to China
- AI chip startup Fractile secures $22.5m from Nato Innovation Fund, Kindred, Oxford Science Enterprises
AI chip startup Fractile secures $22.5m from Nato Innovation Fund, Kindred, Oxford Science Enterprises
- Is Europe’s AI infrastructure build-out heading for a gigafactory-style bust?Podcast
January 15, 2026
Is Europe’s AI infrastructure build-out heading for a gigafactory-style bust?
- Earlybird partners launch €60m independent fund for deeptech university spinoutsNews
December 10, 2025
Earlybird partners launch €60m independent fund for deeptech university spinouts
- Exclusive: Atomico and Microsoft’s M12 back chip startup Lace
Exclusive: Atomico and Microsoft’s M12 back chip startup Lace
- 10 fastest-growing AI-native startups, according to the Sifted 250
10 fastest-growing AI-native startups, according to the Sifted 250
- ‘Busier than I’ve ever seen it’: VCs pile into companies squeezing every inch of performance out of compute
‘Busier than I’ve ever seen it’: VCs pile into companies squeezing every inch of performance out of compute
- Does Mistral’s €1.3bn deal with ASML make sense?
Does Mistral’s €1.3bn deal with ASML make sense?
- AI at the speed of light: Nvidia-backed Scintil Photonics raises €50m Series B
September 9, 2025
AI at the speed of light: Nvidia-backed Scintil Photonics raises €50m Series B