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Ayar Labs

Optical I/O chiplets, TeraPHY

USprivateest. 2015ayarlabs.com (opens ayarlabs.com)Checked 25 Sep

The brief

Analyst view
  • Raised a $155M Series D in December 2024, valuing it above $1B.
  • TeraPHY chiplets encode data on light supplied by a separate SuperNova laser.
  • Showed an optical chiplet using the UCIe chip-to-chip standard in 2025.
Programs

Ayar Labs, one program

Updated 30d ago
TeraPHY optical I/OA small chip that turns a GPU's or switch's electrical signals into light on several colours at once, fed by the SuperNova laser.PilotNextVolume productionUpdated 30d agoView program →
Research · Proto · Pilot · Deploy · Scaling

Peers

Photonics & interconnect · 1

Company & funding

1 round · as reported
Raised
$155Mdisclosed private rounds
Last round
Series DDec 2024
HQ
US
Founded
2015
DateRoundAmountPost-moneyLead
Dec 2024Series D$155M—Advent Global Opportunities, Light Street Capital

People

Key people
  • Mark WadeCEO and co-founder
Primer