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Optical chip interconnect startup Ayar raises $155M to bring light to AI workloads

Ayar Labs Inc., a startup that’s developing optical interconnects that can transmit data between computer chips via light, said today it has closed on a hefty late-stage $155 million funding round led ...
Seeking Alpha

Rocket Lab Acquires Optical Support, Inc., Strengthening National Security Payload Capability

LONG BEACH, Calif., Feb. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rocket Lab Corporation (RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or the “Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has ...
Business Wire

Ayar Labs Raises $130 Million in Series C Funding, Accelerating Commercialization of Industry’s First In-Package Optical I/O Products

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ayar Labs, the leader in chip-to-chip optical connectivity, today announced that the company has secured $130 million in additional financing led by Boardman Bay ...
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Salience Labs Launches Industry’s Highest Performing 32-Port All-Optical Silicon Photonic Switch to Transform the Networking Layer of AI Datacenter Infrastructure

OXFORD, England, March 10, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Salience Labs Limited, a leader in photonic solutions targeting connectivity for AI datacenter infrastructure, today announced the availability of the ...
Business Wire

Ayar Labs, with Investments from AMD, Intel Capital, and NVIDIA, Secures $155 Million to Address Urgent Need for Scalable, Cost-Effective AI Infrastructure

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ayar Labs, the leader in optical interconnect solutions for large-scale AI workloads, today announced it has secured $155 million in financing led by Advent Global ...
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Ayar Labs teams with Nvidia for optical interconnects to speed up AI/ML

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Ayar Labs, which specializes in something relatively new in ...
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NTT Research names Dr. Tetsuomi Sogawa as new physics & informatics lab director

NTT Research, the Silicon Valley-based research division of Japanese telecom giant NTT, announced Dr. Tetsuomi Sogawa as ...
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Salience Labs and Keysight Collaborate to Develop First Optical Circuit Switch Testing Environment

Joint solution will be showcased at OFC Conference March 17-19, demonstrating the value of optical technology for AI workloads According to Bain & Company, AI will account for close to half of ...
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Nvidia teams up with optical chip startup Ayar Labs to advance AI hardware

Nvidia Corp. has inked a technology partnership with Ayar Labs Inc., a startup developing optical chips that promise to increase the speed and efficiency of data center infrastructure. The partnership ...
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Bell Labs targeting 100Tbit/s optical router

LONDON – Bell Labs will take the lead on two optical and laser communications R&D projects awarded by the Pentagon to Lucent Technologies. One focuses on devising an optical router capable of sending ...
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Superior Optical Labs looking to create more coastal jobs through expansion

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WLOX) - A warehouse where glasses are made in Jackson County will soon see some major change, something Superior Optical Labs CEO Derek Bodart is excited about. “I didn’t know ...
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Salience Labs Launches Industry’s Highest Performing 32-Port All-Optical Silicon Photonic Switch to Transform the Networking Layer of AI Datacenter Infrastructure

Salience Labs Launches Industry’s Highest Performing 32-Port All-Optical Silicon Photonic Switch to Transform the Networking Layer of AI Datacenter Infrastructure Industry Collaborations and Product ...