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FractileUnicorn · $5–10B
Fractile is a chip-first frontier artificial intelligence company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with additional offices in Bristol, Palo Alto, and Taipei. The firm builds specialized hardware to accelerate AI underlying capabilities and push technological boundaries.
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Fractile at a glance
Fractile is a semiconductors company headquartered in United Kingdom, founded in 2022. It has raised at least $706.2M across the 2 funding rounds on record. Its most recent funding round, Series C, raised $691.2M in October 2026. Xcout tracks 9 named people at Fractile, including Matt Arnold (CFO). Xcout recorded 68 job postings from Fractile in the last 90 days, naming tools such as vLLM, NetSuite, Prometheus.
Fractile leadership
- Matt ArnoldCFO
- Alan AlexanderChief Architect
- Walter GoodwinFounder & CEO
- Chris SmithSVP Software
- Pete HughesSVP Hardware
- Stuart PannSVP Supply Chain
3 more named people on record for Fractile, with roles, board committees and tenure — see the full roster →
Fractile funding rounds
At least $706.2M raised across the 2 rounds on record. Every round on record:
| Date | Round | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series C | $691.2M | — | |
| Seed | $15M | 6 named |
Who invested in each round, lead investors, valuations and the co-investor graph — open the full funding history →
Hiring at Fractile
Xcout recorded 68 job postings from Fractile in the last 90 days, from a hiring record Xcout has kept since June 2026.
Tools named in Fractile's job postings
The weekly hiring trend, the roles and locations behind it — see Fractile's hiring signals →
Recent Fractile news
Hiring vs the trend
Based on 62 job postings in the last 8 weeks (7 Sep – 1 Nov 2026), compared with 400 scale-up technology companies.
This describes a hiring pattern — how often Fractile’s job postings ask for AI skills, and how that changed against the previous 8 weeks, ranked among its peers. It says nothing about the company’s products or performance.
Signed-in members see the AI-skill share and its change with peer percentiles, role mix, posting momentum and advertised US pay against the market.
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Tech stack
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More on Fractile in Xcout Intel
- 9 named people with titles, LinkedIn and board committees
- 2 funding rounds with the investors in each, and who they co-invest with
- Weekly hiring history and the mix of roles behind it
- 1 corporate event with sources — deals, leadership changes, layoffs
- The full competitor set, tracking, exports and API access