--- title: "Fractile" description: "A chip-first frontier AI company, building hardware to advance AI’s underlying capabilities and push the frontier forward" canonical: "https://presspool.ai/companies/fractile-com" last-updated: "2026-11-14" --- # Fractile A chip-first frontier AI company, building hardware to advance AI’s underlying capabilities and push the frontier forward [fractile.com](https://fractile.com) Company record · Updated November 14, 2026 · Presspool · https://presspool.ai/companies/fractile-com ## Funding Latest announced financing: $720 million, Series C, led by Thrive Capital, Founders Fund, Lightspeed and Redpoint, announced November 11, 2026. - **$720 million Series C**, announced November 11, 2026. Led by Thrive Capital, Founders Fund, Lightspeed and [Redpoint](https://presspool.ai/investors/redpoint). Valued at $7 billion, as reported. CapitalG, the UK Sovereign AI Fund and the British Business Bank also participated; the UK government put the round at more than £500 million. Listed in the [AI startup funding roster for November 8–14, 2026](https://presspool.ai/ai-startup-funding/week-of-2026-11-09). Sources: [SiliconANGLE](https://siliconangle.com/2026/11/11/inference-chip-developer-fractile-raises-720m-in-funding/), [The Next Web](https://thenextweb.com/news/fractile-7bn-valuation-720m-ai-inference-chips). Of the 20 Series C rounds with exactly stated amounts in dollars on Presspool's weekly rosters since September 21, 2026, Fractile's $720 million is the 2nd largest; their median is $150 million. ## Whether AI names Fractile - Machine Relations Index: Not cited in any Machine Relations Index answer, May 10, 2026 to November 14, 2026. A company counts when an AI answer names it or cites its website. Answers vary from run to run, so each count is a dated sample. ## Related records - Closest rounds in the [roster for November 8–14, 2026](https://presspool.ai/ai-startup-funding/week-of-2026-11-09): [LangChain](https://presspool.ai/companies/langchain-com) ($300 million Series C, November 13, 2026), [Q-CTRL](https://presspool.ai/companies/q-ctrl-com) (US$290 million Series C, November 12, 2026), [Nominal](https://presspool.ai/companies/nominal-io) ($240 million Series C, November 9, 2026), [Finite State](https://presspool.ai/companies/finitestate-io) ($27 million Series C, November 10, 2026), [Sanyou Bio](https://presspool.ai/companies/sanyoubio-com) (nearly RMB 100 million Series C, November 9, 2026), [Mercor](https://presspool.ai/companies/mercor-com) ($750 million Series D, November 10, 2026). - Thrive Capital, which led this round, is named as an investor in [Abby Care](https://presspool.ai/companies/abbycare-org) ($82 million Series C, October 15, 2026). - Founders Fund, which led this round, is named as an investor in [Watchtower Labs](https://presspool.ai/companies/watchtowerlabs-ai) ($35 million Seed, October 21, 2026). - Lightspeed, which led this round, is named as an investor in [Ande](https://presspool.ai/companies/ande-ai) (more than $52 million Seed and Series A, September 22, 2026). - [Redpoint](https://presspool.ai/investors/redpoint), which led this round, also led [Modal](https://presspool.ai/companies/modal-com) ($355 million Series C, May 21, 2026). It is also named as an investor in [Sonilo](https://presspool.ai/companies/sonilo-com) ($11 million, round type not disclosed, October 8, 2026) and [Ande](https://presspool.ai/companies/ande-ai) (more than $52 million Seed and Series A, September 22, 2026). - [CapitalG](https://presspool.ai/investors/capitalg), named as an investor in this round, led [LangChain](https://presspool.ai/companies/langchain-com) ($300 million Series C, November 13, 2026), [OpenRouter](https://presspool.ai/companies/openrouter-ai) ($113 million Series B, May 26, 2026), [Bedrock Robotics](https://presspool.ai/companies/bedrockrobotics-com) ($270 million Series B, February 4, 2026) and [Physical Intelligence](https://presspool.ai/companies/physicalintelligence-company) ($600 million Series B, November 21, 2025). ## Sources - [SiliconANGLE](https://siliconangle.com/2026/11/11/inference-chip-developer-fractile-raises-720m-in-funding/) - [The Next Web](https://thenextweb.com/news/fractile-7bn-valuation-720m-ai-inference-chips) --- Presspool is a sourced record of AI startup funding. 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