Arago is a French photonic-AI company that emerged from stealth in July 2025 with $26 million in seed funding co-led by Earlybird, Protagonist, and Visionaries Tomorrow. The company combines silicon photonics with free-space optics to build AI accelerators that target 10x lower energy consumption than traditional GPUs. Its photonic computing approach uses the speed of light for matrix operations, cutting both latency and power consumption for AI inference workloads.
Arago ships a PyTorch-compatible software stack called CARLOTA, which lets the hardware integrate with existing AI workflows. The founding team brings experience from leading photonics and semiconductor companies, placing Arago at the intersection of quantum photonics and practical AI acceleration.
Quantum Specifications
Quantum Focus
software
Backed By
Lakestar
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Quantum Coast Capital
Type One Ventures
Trumpf Venture
Gic Government Of Singapore Investment Corporation
Hercules Capital
Inven Capital
Application Areas
AI inferenceMachine learning
Frequently Asked Questions
Arago is a French photonic-AI company that emerged from stealth in July 2025 with $26 million in seed funding co-led by Earlybird, Protagonist, and Visionaries Tomorrow. The company combines silicon photonics with free-space optics to build AI accelerators that target 10x lower energy consumption than traditional GPUs. Its photonic computing approach uses the speed of light for matrix operations, cutting both latency and power consumption for AI inference workloads.
Arago ships a PyTorch-com...
Arago is headquartered in Paris, France.
Arago was founded in 2024.
Arago operates in the following sectors: quantum photonics, quantum hardware, quantum machine learning, quantum algorithms.
