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Ayar Labs

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CommercialSan Jose, United StatesEst. 2015
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Ayar Labs is an MIT spin-out pioneering optical I/O chiplets that integrate silicon photonics with CMOS electronics, featuring 70 million transistors and over 10,000 optical devices per chip. The company partners with GlobalFoundries, TSMC, Intel, and AMD for high-volume manufacturing of in-package optical interconnect solutions including the SuperNova light source and TeraPHY optical I/O chiplet. Ayar Labs raised $155 million Series D led by Intel, AMD, and Nvidia, with commercial offerings expected between projected 2026-2028 for AI infrastructure and data center applications. Update 2025-07-19: Ayar Labs is expanding its team and global presence with a new VP of Engineering and offices in Taiwan and San Jose to support AI infrastructure development. Source: https://quantumzeitgeist.com/ayar-labs-expands-team-presence-to-boost-ai-infrastructure/

Quantum Specifications

Quantum Focushardware

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 infrastructureData centersHigh performance computing

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Ayar Labs is an MIT spin-out pioneering optical I/O chiplets that integrate silicon photonics with CMOS electronics, featuring 70 million transistors and over 10,000 optical devices per chip. The company partners with GlobalFoundries, TSMC, Intel, and AMD for high-volume manufacturing of in-package optical interconnect solutions including the SuperNova light source and TeraPHY optical I/O chiplet. Ayar Labs raised $155 million Series D led by Intel, AMD, and Nvidia, with commercial offerings ...
Ayar Labs is headquartered in San Jose, United States.
Ayar Labs was founded in 2015.
Ayar Labs operates in the following sectors: quantum photonics, quantum components, classical computing, hpc integration, quantum research.