英国 AI 芯片独角兽 Graphcore 考虑出售给海外所有者
据外媒报道，英国 AI 芯片独角兽 Graphcore 正在考虑出售给海外所有者。业内消息人士称，在难以从 AI 热潮中获利之后，Graphcore 一直与主要科技公司讨论潜在交易，寻求筹集新资金以弥补严重亏损。
Graphcore 是一家成立于 2016 年的 AI 芯片公司，总部位于英国布里斯托尔。该公司开发了专为 AI 工作负载设计的芯片，并将其出售给数据中心和云计算提供商。
Graphcore 在 2021 年获得了 2.26 亿美元的 D 轮融资，使其估值达到 27.5 亿美元。然而，该公司一直难以从 AI 热潮中获利，并报告了严重的亏损。
据报道，Graphcore 的高级投资者大幅提高了他们在该公司所持股份的价值，这可能表明这笔交易的价值可能超过 5 亿美元（4 亿英镑）。
Graphcore 的潜在买家可能包括亚马逊、谷歌和微软等主要科技公司。这些公司都在寻求收购 AI 芯片公司，以加强其在人工智能领域的竞争力。
如果 Graphcore 被出售，这将是英国 AI 行业的重大挫折。该公司是英国 AI 生态系统中最重要的公司之一，其出售将表明英国在 AI 领域落后于美国和中国。
Graphcore 尚未对出售传闻发表评论。
英语如下：
**Headline:** AI Chip Unicorn Graphcore Explores Overseas Sale
**Keywords:**AI chips, sale, losses
**Body:**
British AI chip unicorn Graphcore is exploring a sale to an overseas buyer, Sky News has learnt.
Industry sources said Graphcore has been in talks with major technology companies about a potential deal, as it seeks to raise fresh funds to plug heavy losses after failing to capitalise on the boom in AI.
Founded in 2016, Graphcore is an AI chip company based in Bristol, UK. It designschips specifically for AI workloads, which it sells to data centres and cloud computing providers.
Graphcore raised $226m in a Series D funding round in 2021, which valued the business at $2.75bn. However, the company has struggled to capitalise on the boom in AI, and has reported heavy losses.
It is understood that senior investors in Graphcore have marked up the value of their stakes in the company, suggesting a deal could value the business at more than $500m (£400m).
Potential buyers for Graphcore could include major technology companies such asAmazon, Google and Microsoft. These companies are all looking to acquire AI chip companies to bolster their artificial intelligence capabilities.
If Graphcore is sold, it would be a significant setback for the UK’s AI industry. The company is one of the most important players in the UK’s AI ecosystem, and its sale would be a sign that the UK is falling behind the US and China in AI.
Graphcore has declined to comment on the sale speculation.
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