21 August 2026

Fractile builds chips to run AI models 25 times faster

• Fractile, a London startup, designed processor chips that put computation right next to memory storage, reducing the distance data travels during processing.
• The company claims its chips can run large language model inference (generating text from a trained model) 25 times faster than graphics processors while using less power.
• Anthropic, the company behind the Claude chatbot, backed the startup, which is targeting a $6.5 billion valuation.

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London-based Fractile is building inference processors using in-memory computing architecture that places compute directly alongside on-chip memory. The approach aims to run LLM inference 25 times faster and at lower cost than conventional GPUs, with backing from Anthropic and a $6.5 billion valuation target.