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Who Is James Dacombe, Europe's Youngest Self-Made Billionaire at 25?

At 25, entrepreneur James Dacombe became one of Europe's youngest self-made billionaires after his chip startup Olix reached a $3.3 billion valuation.

British entrepreneur James Dacombe, now 25 years old, has established himself as one of Europe's youngest self-made billionaires. Dacombe left school as a teenager and founded a brain-monitoring company called CoMind at the age of 17. After leaving formal education, he turned his focus to artificial intelligence chips, founding another company named Olix.

Olix's latest funding round, totaling $312 million, pushed the company's valuation to $3.3 billion after it was acquired by investors including Arm, Hudson River Trading, and Reed Hastings, Netflix's co-founder.

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