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Oriole Secures £10 Million to Advance Energy-Efficient LLM Training with Light-Based AI Chip Interconnection

  • Oriole, a UCL spinout using light to connect AI chips for faster and more energy-efficient LLM training, has raised £10 million in a seed round

  • The round was co-led by UCL Technology Fund, Clean Growth Fund, XTX Ventures, and Dorilton Ventures, with additional support from Innovate UK Investor Partnership

  • The startup claims its “super-brain” of connected GPUs can train LLMs 100 times faster and with significantly less energy compared to standard approaches.

      • ProblemTechnology

      "Training large language models (LLMs) requires a massive amount of energy, making it unsustainable and environmentally harmful."

      Solution

      "Oriole uses light to connect thousands of AI chips together, forming a 'super-brain' that can train LLMs 100 times faster and with significantly less energy consumption compared to traditional methods."

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