Funding Details
- Awarder
- SemiNews
- Date Award
- March 14, 2024
- Vertical
- Photonics
- Funding URL
- View Funding Page
Company Info
- Founding Year
- Not provided in the memo
- Organizations Involved
- Osage University Partners (OUP), M Ventures, Sierra Ventures, Foothill Ventures, Entrada Ventures
- Founders
- Alan Liu
- Company Description
- Quintessent is a Santa Barbara start-up that commercializes quantum dot-based lasers and photonic integrated circuits. Communication, not computation, is now the main system level bottleneck in large-scale computing and A.I. applications. Quintessent is developing optical interconnect technology that can be integrated with compute chips to enable massively accelerated and power efficient communication across any distance inside the datacenter. Our future-proof technology stack is rooted in 10+ years of research at UC Santa Barbara, and combines multiple layers of innovation in O-band quantum dot lasers/amplifiers, silicon photonic integrated circuits, and scalable communication architectures. Our team comprises of technology pioneers and serial entrepreneurs with a long track record of entrepreneurial success at multiple past ventures. We are always interested in connecting with talented and adventurous individuals who may one day join our stellar team!
- Market
- Datacenter Connectivity
- Location
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Santa Barbara,
CA,
US
- Coinvestors
- Osage University Partners (OUP), M Ventures, Sierra Ventures, Foothill Ventures, Entrada Ventures
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