Danyal Akarca, Co-founder at Callosum: BREAKING: Callosum raised $100m Seed

<p>Callosum just raised $100m led by Atomico, Plural and DCVC. It&#39;s one of the largest seed-stage rounds in UK history, coming just five months after Callosum came out of stealth. Callosum builds software that lets AI run across many different types of chips at the same time, making it faster, cheaper and more capable.</p><p><br></p><p>Danyal Akarca is Co-founder at Callosum. He believes AI can only have a real economic impact once it becomes cheaper and faster to run, and that&#39;s exactly what Callosum is built to do.</p><p><br></p><p>The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk</p><p><br></p><p>Sponsors:</p><p><br></p><p>Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026</p><p><br></p><p>SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/</p><p><br></p><p>Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&amp;utm_medium=partner_referral&amp;utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeurope</p><p><br></p><p>Lovable: https://lovable.dev/</p><p><br></p><p>Timestamps:</p><p><br></p><p>0:00 - Introduction</p><p>1:09 - Callosum&#39;s approach to AI infrastructure</p><p>5:56 - How Callosum&#39;s technology works for customers</p><p>8:48 - Callosum&#39;s new $100m round</p><p>12:33 - How Callosum built partnerships with chip companies like Cerebras</p><p>17:14 - Why Callosum wasn&#39;t built just to make chips work together</p><p>20:03 - What the $100m will fund next</p><p>24:54 - Why cost is becoming as important as speed for AI buyers</p><p>28:03 - Who Danyal thinks will win the AI stack over the next three years</p><p>33:03 - Why London has become a serious AI hub</p>