英国AI芯片创企OLIX宣布完成新一轮融资3.12亿美元，公司估值达33亿美元（约223亿元人民币），由Arm、Netflix联合创始人雷德·哈斯汀斯等知名投资者参投[1]。该公司成立于2024年3月，专注于基于光子互连技术的AI推理芯片开发，目标打造比英伟达GPU更快、更便宜的芯片解决方案[1]。
OLIX首款AI芯片产品DX-1计划于2027年下半年交付，单用户Token生成速率可达每秒10000个以上，多机柜架构能够适配十万亿参数及以上的超大规模语言模型[1]。融资完成后，公司累计融资已超过5.62亿美元（约38亿元人民币）[1]。
公司创始人为25岁的詹姆斯·达科姆，他在16岁时从高中辍学，此前曾创办融资1亿美元的脑监测创企CoMind[1]。本轮融资同时伴随人事调整，软件定义网络联合发明人尼克·麦基翁加入董事会，马特·布莱尔斯担任首席财务官[1]。
OLIX, a UK-based artificial intelligence chip company, has announced a funding round of $312 million, bringing its valuation to $3.3 billion, with investors including Arm and Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings [1]. The company, founded in March 2024, focuses on developing AI inference chips based on photonic interconnect technology [1].
The startup plans to deliver its flagship chip, DX-1, in the second half of 2027 [1]. The processor is designed to generate over 10,000 tokens per second for individual users and can be configured in multi-cabinet architectures to support ultra-large language models with trillions of parameters [1]. OLIX aims to create AI chips that are faster and more cost-effective than Nvidia GPUs [1].
The company is led by James Dacombe, 25, who dropped out of high school at age 16 [1]. Dacombe previously founded CoMind, a brain-monitoring startup that raised $100 million [1]. OLIX has accumulated over $562 million in total funding [1]. Recent leadership additions include Nick McKeown, co-inventor of software-defined networking, as a new board member, and Matt Briers as chief financial officer [1].
