Advanced Photonics Coalition Reaches 50+ Members Ahead of AI Optics
The Advanced Photonics Coalition (APC) reported membership growth to more than 50 companies, adding 10 new organizations in 2026 as ...
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🏛️ Advanced Photonics Coalition (APC) Advancing Photonics for AI Infrastructure, Optical Interconnects and Future Computing | |
| The Advanced Photonics Coalition (APC) is an industry coalition dedicated to advancing photonics technologies, strengthening supply chains and promoting policies that accelerate innovation in optical communications, AI infrastructure and advanced computing. APC builds on the legacy of the Consortium for On-Board Optics (COBO), expanding industry collaboration from board-level optical interconnects to the broader photonics ecosystem powering next-generation AI factories, cloud infrastructure and high-performance computing. | |
| Why It Matters | Photonics is becoming a foundational technology for AI infrastructure, enabling higher bandwidth, lower latency and improved energy efficiency. APC promotes the technologies and ecosystem needed to scale optical connectivity for AI clusters, cloud data centers and future computing platforms. |
| Category | Industry Coalition |
| Chairman of the Board | Jeff Maki |
| Mission | Promote innovation, collaboration and policy leadership for advanced photonics technologies supporting communications, AI infrastructure, cloud computing, semiconductor manufacturing and national competitiveness. |
| Focus Areas | Silicon Photonics • Optical I/O • Co-Packaged Optics • Optical Engines • Photonic Integration • AI Infrastructure • High-Speed Optical Interconnects • U.S. Photonics Leadership |
| Key Members | Alcyon • GlobalFoundries • HPE • IBM • Qnity • Teradyne |
| Why Converge Digest Covers It | Converge Digest closely tracked the Consortium for On-Board Optics (COBO) for many years as optical interconnects evolved inside switches and servers. APC represents the next chapter in that evolution, expanding the industry’s focus to advanced photonics technologies supporting AI infrastructure, cloud networking and future computing systems. |
| Related Technologies | Silicon Photonics • Co-Packaged Optics • Optical I/O • Pluggable Optics • AI Infrastructure |
| Related Organizations | COBO • OIF • Open Compute Project • IEEE |
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