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London chip startup Olix raises USD 312 million at USD 3.3 billion valuation

London based AI chip startup Olix raised a USD 312 million Series B, led by new investors including Arm and Hudson River Trading, at a USD 3.3 billion valuation, to build its DX-1 inference decode accelerator, optical interconnects and complete inference racks.

Verified AI-drafted Olix company announcement, 3 August 2026

What it does not test. This does not establish that Olix's chips are fabricated in Europe, or that any customer has deployed the DX-1 at scale.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. UK chip startup funded USD312m; no EU fab or deployment shown, no answer moves. European Sovereignty Index

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. How the record is made

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