AI technologies-focused company Graphcore, a wholly owned subsidiary of multinational investment holding company SoftBank, says it is opening a new AI engineering campus in Bengaluru in India.
The company claims the campus will create 500 new semiconductor jobs, with an investment of up to GBP1 billion (about US$1.3 billion) over the next decade.
It adds that the AI engineering campus will play a central role in Graphcore’s work, building the future of artificial intelligence (AI) computing, and helping to realise SoftBank Group’s vision of becoming the leading artificial super intelligence platform provider.
Graphcore says it is immediately starting to hire the first 100 AI semiconductor engineering roles in India, including silicon logical design, physical design, verification, characterisation and bring-up.
Graphcore’s engineers in Bengaluru will be developing semiconductor products for use by the world’s leading AI practitioners – to help solve global challenges in drug discovery and public health, support environmental sustainability and improve business productivity.
The choice of Bengaluru is, apparently, based on its reputation. Its ecosystem of world-class universities, high-growth startups and established multinational technology has earned it the nickname India’s Silicon Valley.
Graphcore was founded in the UK in 2016 to develop a complete AI compute stack, including silicon, data centre infrastructure and software. It was acquired by SoftBank Group in 2024 and has access to the resources of the SoftBank ecosystem, including the complementary skills of its other portfolio companies, and its network of AI innovators and infrastructure providers.
