OLIX
olix.com London UK company Series B
- Headquarters
- London
- Sector
- semiconductors
- Stage
- Series B
- Incorporated
- 2024
What does OLIX do?
OLIX designs silicon for AI workloads. It is part of the UK government's Sovereign AI portfolio, and its Series B was one of the largest UK chip raises of 2026.
How does OLIX work?
Designs silicon specifically for AI workloads rather than adapting general-purpose processors, which is where the efficiency gains in inference now come from.
What does OLIX offer?
Chip designs and the surrounding software. Sells to infrastructure operators rather than to end users.
Who runs OLIX?
OLIX has 8 currently appointed directors.
- OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED
- Siranush Babakhanova Nobile
- James Dacombe
- Jonathan Heiliger
- Taavet Hinrikus
- Firat Ileri
- Saul Charles Klein
- Nicholas William, Professor Mckeown
Currently appointed officers only, from the Companies House register. Directors who have resigned are excluded — naming someone who left as running the company is worse than naming nobody.
Where is OLIX based?
OLIX is headquartered in London. It was incorporated in 2024. Other AI companies in London →
Why does OLIX matter to a UK operator?
UK chip design is a strategic bet the government is now funding directly, and OLIX is one of the companies it backed. A useful barometer: how this does says more about British hardware prospects than any policy paper.
Company record
Registered as OLIX COMPUTING LIMITED, company 15585099, a private limited company, incorporated on 22 March 2024. Registered office: Arquen House, 4-6 Spicer Street, St. Albans, England, AL3 4PQ. SIC 62090 - Other information technology service activities.
Looked up on the register. Of the first 83 numbers supplied to this directory, 12 belonged to entirely different businesses.
OLIX in the Torus newsletter
- Britain's AI chip race gets $312m boost ↗
3 Aug 2026
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