Nigel is a leading AI entrepreneur and is the founder and CEO of Graphcore.ai.

He sits as a Non-Executive Director on the board of UK Research and Innovation and sat on the UK Prime Minister's Business Council.

He has been recognized with numerous industry awards, being ranked #1 on Business Insider's UK Tech 100 and named as one of the 'Top 100 entrepreneurs in the UK' by the Financial Times.

He was awarded a Doctor of Science degree from the University of Bristol and is the author of the best-selling book How AI Thinks.