Overview

• Graphcore plans to invest up to £1 billion over the next decade to establish an AI engineering campus in Bengaluru.
• The expansion is expected to create about 500 semiconductor engineering jobs in India over five years.
• Hiring has begun for the first 100 roles across logic and physical design, verification, characterization, and bring-up.
• The Bengaluru site will develop advanced AI computing hardware for use by leading AI practitioners, the company said.
• CNBCTV18 reported the announcement aligns with a UK business delegation tied to Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s India visit, and said Graphcore and SoftBank declined to comment.