Ayar Labs develops an optical I/O solution for applications that require high bandwidth and low latency using light to move data.
Ayar Labs develops a monolithic in-package optical I/O (MIPO) solution for applications that require high bandwidth, low latency, and power-efficient short-reach interconnects.
The company disrupts the traditional performance, cost, and efficiency curves of the semiconductor and computing industries by driving improvement in interconnect bandwidth density at lower power. Its patented approach uses industry-standard cost-effective silicon processing techniques to develop high speed, high density, low power optical-based interconnect “chiplets” and lasers to replace traditional electrical-based I/O. Ayar’s flagship product is a chip called TeraPhy that implements its optical technology on compact silicon die. The chip can be integrated directly into a central processing unit, graphics card, or another processor to give it optical data transmission capabilities.
The Emeryville, California-headquartered company was established in 2015 by Alex Wright-Gladstein, Vladimir Stojanovic, Chen Sun, and Mark Wade.
Announced Date | Round | Money Raised | Number of Investors | Lead Investors | Post Valuation | |
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Apr 26, 2022 | Series C | $130M | 10 | Boardman Bay Capital Management | — | Detail |
Nov 5, 2020 | Series B | $35M | 10 | BlueSky Capital | — | Detail |
Oct 14, 2020 | Series Unknown | — | 1 | — | — | Detail |
Mar 2, 2020 | Series Unknown | — | 1 | Lockheed Martin Ventures | — | Detail |
Apr 30, 2019 | Debt Financing | $3M | 1 | Silicon Valley Bank | — | Detail |
Investor Name | Lead Investor | Funding Round |
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Boardman Bay Capital Management | Yes | Series C |
BlueSky Capital | Yes | Series B |
Silicon Valley Bank | Yes | Debt Financing |
DARPA | Yes | Grant |
National Science Foundation | Yes | Grant |
Agave Partners Capital | — | Series C |
Atreides Capital | — | Series C |
Berkeley Frontier Fund | — | Series C |
Hewlett Packard Enterprise | — | Series C |
IAG Capital Partners | — | Series C |