Lightmatter
Lightmatter is a Boston-based
optical interconnects.[1]
The company was founded 2017 by Darius Bunandar, Thomas Graham, and Nicholas Harris as a spin-off from
MIT.[1][2] They raised an $11M Series A in 2018,[3] an $80M Series B in 2021,[4] and a $154M Series C in 2023.[5]
Lightmatter offers two products as of 2024: an
Terabits per second between each chip.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Startup accelerates progress toward light-speed computing". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 1 March 2024.
- ^ "Lightmatter". Golden.
- ^ Coldewey, Devin (5 February 2018). "Lightmatter aims to reinvent AI-specific chips with photonic computing and $11M in funding". TechCrunch.
- ^ Coldewey, Devin (6 May 2021). "Lightmatter's photonic AI ambitions light up an $80M B round". TechCrunch.
- ^ Coldewey, Devin (31 May 2023). "Lightmatter's photonic AI hardware is ready to shine with $154M in new funding". TechCrunch.
- ^ Patel, Dylan. "Beyond Advanced Packaging: Lightmatter Passage Chiplets Co-Packaged On Optical Interposer". www.semianalysis.com.