Q.ANT raises €62M Series A to scale photonic AI processors and expand to the US

Q.ANT/Photonic Native Processing Unit

Q.ANT raised €62M ($72M), co-led by Cherry Ventures, UVC Partners and imec.xpand, to scale production of its photonic processors and build next-generation chips. Its Native Processing Server is available for early-access evaluation and slots into data centres as a co-processor.

• Other investors include L-Bank, TRUMPF and Onsight Ventures.
• Chips made on a thin-film lithium niobate pilot line with IMS CHIPS, opened Feb 2025.
• Claims up to 30x efficiency gains over traditional technologies.