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Silicon Catalyst Japan K.K. has selected SCALE photonics Inc., a spin-off from Sony Semiconductor Solutions, as the first project for both its incubation program and…
InPHRED expanded into the data center optical interconnect market, extending its nanoporous semiconductor platform to address ultra-short-reach optical I/O and intra-data-center connectivity for AI…
nEye.ai, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California, raised $80 million in Series C funding to scale its optical circuit switching technology for AI…
SiFive secured $400 million in an oversubscribed Series G funding round to accelerate development of high-performance RISC-V CPU and AI IP targeting data center deployments.…
Q-Factor emerged from stealth with $24 million in seed funding to develop a neutral-atom quantum computing architecture designed to scale beyond current system limits.…
Mojo Vision, a start-up based in Cupertino, California, announced a $17.5 million strategic investment from Future Ventures to accelerate commercialization of its micro-LED platform…
Upscale AI, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California, announced plans to deliver open, scale-out Ethernet systems built on NVIDIA Spectrum-X switch silicon and…
Amber Semiconductor, a start-up based in Dublin, California, announced a $30 million Series C funding round to accelerate commercialization of its vertical power delivery…
Eridu, a Saratoga, California–based startup focused on next-generation AI networking infrastructure, emerged from stealth with more than $200 million in funding to develop a…
Nexthop AI announced a $500 million Series B funding round that values the Santa Clara-based company at $4.2 billion, alongside the launch of new…
Ayar Labs secured $500 million in Series E funding to accelerate high-volume production of its co-packaged optics (CPO) technology aimed at AI scale-up infrastructure.…
Aalyria secured $100 million in Series B funding to expand its space-based communications and network orchestration platforms, pushing its valuation to $1.3 billion. The…
DG Matrix has raised $60 million in an oversubscribed Series A round to scale its solid-state transformer platform for AI data centers and electrification…
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