Fractile in talks to raise at a $6.5bn valuation

This article was published on August 19, 2026 Fractile, a British startup making chips for AI, is in advanced talks to raise money at a $6.5bn valuation, Bloomberg reports. That is more than six times its price in May, and follows an initial deal to supply chips to Anthropic that will not ship until 2027. Dr. Walter Goodwin, founder and CEO of Fractile Fractile, a British startup building chips for artificial intelligence, is in advanced talks to raise money at a valuation more than six times what it fetched three months ago, Bloomberg reported. The jump follows a deal to supply chips to Anthropic. The company is raising funds at a pre-money valuation of $6.5bn, according to people familiar with the matter cited by Bloomberg reporters Rebecca Torrence and Dina Bass. It expects to bring in about $600mn in the round. That figure includes some money invested at a lower valuation, the people said. A pre-money valuation measures a company’s worth before the new cash lands, so the round would push the headline figure higher still once it closes. The round has not closed, and details could change, the people said. Fractile and Anthropic both declined to comment. Fractile raised a $220mn r