2026-02-11
1/ Very happy to share that I'm leading @pluralplatform's investment into @OLIXComputing as part of the $250m the company has raised, alongside our friends at @HummingbirdVC, @vertexventures, @join_ef and @localglobevc.
Financial Times
Docs: London-based AI chip startup Olix, founded by James Dacombe, CEO of brain monitoring startup CoMind, raised $220M led by Hummingbird at a $1B+ valuation
London-based Olix targets development of AI chips that are faster and cheaper than Nvidia's — A 25-year-old British entrepreneur …
2/ The world needs vastly more compute, and the hardware we have today is reaching a physical wall. This isn't just Moore's Law slowing down. AI inference is bottlenecked by how fast data can move through the processor, not just by how much raw compute can fit onto a chip.
Financial Times
Docs: London-based AI chip startup Olix, founded by James Dacombe, CEO of brain monitoring startup CoMind, raised $220M led by Hummingbird at a $1B+ valuation
London-based Olix targets development of AI chips that are faster and cheaper than Nvidia's — A 25-year-old British entrepreneur …
2022-06-28
Launching @PluralPlatform where experienced company builders come together to invest and build the future of Europe. The investor I wish I had when building @Wise... more below ... 1/
TechCrunch
A look at Plural, a €250M early-stage fund led by Wise co-founder Taavet Hinrikus, Teleport co-founder Sten Tamkivi, Songkick co-founder Ian Hogarth, and others
Until recently Taavet Hinrikus, cofounder of Wise, and Sten Tamkivi, cofounder of Teleport, had banded together as a sort of ‘mini Angel brand’ known as “Taavet+Sten”.
2022-05-16
Bankman-Fried/@SBF_FTX is still unsure if crypto will live up to its claims of empowering people. Good @FT lunch interview. https://www.ft.com/...
Financial Times
An interview with Sam Bankman-Fried on crypto hype, blockchain's potential to build a fairer financial system, bitcoin as an asset, philanthropy, and more
2020-09-23
It's the little details that matter - “Regardless, TransferWise shows that fintech can make money after all.” https://twitter.com/...
TechCrunch