Fractile
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Fractile is a London-based AI chip company building inference hardware designed to accelerate frontier model output generation by co-locating memory and compute on the same die using SRAM, rather than shuttling data to separate DRAM chips 12. Founded in 2022 by Oxford PhD Walter Goodwin, the company claims its architecture can deliver frontier-model inference at dramatically lower cost and higher throughput than conventional GPU-based setups 1. On May 13, 2026, Fractile announced a $220M Series B co-led by Accel, Factorial Funds, and Founders Fund, with participation from Conviction, Gigascale, O1A, Felicis, Buckley Ventures, and 8VC 1.
Funding History
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead | Co-investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-13 | Series B | $220M | Accel, Factorial Funds, Founders Fund | Conviction, Gigascale, O1A, Felicis, Buckley Ventures, 8VC 1 |
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What Founders Say
Walter Goodwin, founder and CEO, framed the company’s wager on inference: “Inference is both the revenue engine of the AI industry and the rate-limiting factor on expanding it.” 1
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Tech.eu, “UK AI chip startup Fractile raises $220M to tackle the growing inference bottleneck,” May 13, 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://tech.eu/2026/05/13/uk-ai-chip-startup-fractile-raises-220m-to-tackle-the-growing-inference-bottleneck/↩↩↩↩↩
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Fractile website, accessed May 2026. https://www.fractile.ai/↩