OLIX 🇬🇧 Hiring · 22 open roles ↗
New compute paradigm integrating SRAM architecture with photonics to enhance throughput for frontier AI applications.
About OLIX
OLIX is developing a specialized infrastructure designed to optimize the production of tokens for advanced AI models, addressing the limitations of current general-purpose chips that struggle with high throughput and interactivity. This infrastructure aims to function like a production line, utilizing dedicated machines to enhance efficiency and reduce costs in token generation.
OLIX is a UK-based company founded in 2024, now around 139 people. It has raised $250M in disclosed funding, starting with a Series A in 2026. FundFinder classes it as AI & ML.
Founder: James Dacombe (Founder, CEO; repeat founder; previously CoMind, The Thiel Foundation; Ashville College Harrogate).
Its investors also appear on FundFinder's most-active lists for Series A · B2B (80 funds), Series A · Enterprise Software (41 funds), Series A · Fintech (84 funds).
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Series B · Aug 2026
- Crane Venture Partners — VC firm investing into seed and early stage intelligent enterprise and deep tech companies in Europe. · cheques £1M – £5M
- Hummingbird Ventures — Hummingbird Ventures was founded in Antwerp and is now based in London. · cheques £500k – £10M
- Octopus Ventures — Octopus is a multi stage European venture capital investor specializing in health, fintech, deep tech, B2B software and consumer. · cheques £100k – £15M
Series A · $220M · Feb 2026
Funding history
● rounds tracked in this directory · ○ earlier rounds web-verified from public announcements. Amounts as announced; undisclosed rounds omitted.