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Pat Gelsinger (angel)

Angel Investor·Portland, Oregon, USA·N/A

Pat Gelsinger is the former CEO of Intel and VMware, now active as an angel investor and General Partner at Playground Global, a deep tech venture firm managing $1.2 billion in assets. His personal angel investments include UK-based AI chip startup Fractile, which raised $15 million in seed funding. Through Playground, he backs companies such as PowerLattice (power-efficient chiplets), xLight (EUV laser technology for semiconductor manufacturing), and PsiQuantum (quantum computing). He focuses on foundational hardware and silicon innovations that push the boundaries of Moore's Law.

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SemiconductorsAI HardwareQuantum ComputingAdvanced ManufacturingDeep Tech
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Fractile

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Semiconductors·Seed

Fractile is a London-based AI chip startup developing in-memory computing processors designed to run large language model inference up to 100x faster and 10x cheaper than current GPU systems. Founded by Oxford Robotics Institute PhD graduate Walter Goodwin, the company's novel chip architecture fuses computation with memory to eliminate the data-shuttling bottleneck that limits conventional hardware. Fractile emerged from stealth in July 2024 and has since announced a £100M commitment to expand UK operations, including a new hardware engineering facility in Bristol. The team includes senior hires from NVIDIA, ARM, and Imagination Technologies.