{"data":{"slug":"graphcore","etype":"company","name":"Graphcore","cat":"Chip Designers & Semis","subtitle":"The UK's IPU pioneer, now SoftBank's AI-silicon arm.","summary":"Graphcore raised ~$700M for its Intelligence Processing Units and pioneered wafer-on-wafer stacking with TSMC, but missed the LLM procurement wave and was acquired by SoftBank in 2024 — its Bristol team now builds AI silicon within the SoftBank/Arm orbit.","attrs":null,"kf":{"hq":"Bristol, UK"},"aliases":["IPU maker"],"ticker":null,"exchange":null,"hq":"Bristol, United Kingdom","founded":"2016","website":"https://www.graphcore.ai","status":null,"region":null,"asof":"2026-01-15","sources":[{"url":"https://www.graphcore.ai/","label":"Graphcore"}]},"meta":{"found":true,"count":1,"served_from":"site cache (no live upstream calls)","as_of":"2026-10-14T04:41:45+00:00","disclaimer":"Research and information only — not investment advice. Structured records carry basis labels (vendor spec / reported / estimate); market quotes are delayed/indicative.","attribution":"Records compiled from vendor documentation, official filings and reputable public reporting; market quotes via financial data providers. See /data-sources."}}