# Graphcore

Graphcore cofounder exits company one year on from SoftBank acquisition
News
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
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Northvolt, Lilium, Graphcore: Europe’s deeptech credentials take a battering as darlings flounder
Analysis
November 29, 2024
Northvolt, Lilium, Graphcore: Europe’s deeptech credentials take a battering as darlings flounder
2024 has been a rocky year for many of Europe's deeptech poster children
Kai Nicol-Schwarz, Freya Pratty and Miriam Partington
Graphcore is struggling — what’s gone wrong for the once ‘NVIDIA rival’?
Analysis
October 6, 2023
Graphcore is struggling — what’s gone wrong for the once ‘NVIDIA rival’?
Former employees tell Sifted that the company’s woes have resulted from a mix of bad luck and bad strategy
Kai Nicol-Schwarz and Tim Smith