Neurophos (Seed)
Funding Details
Awarder
SemiNews
Date Award
December 14, 2023
Vertical
Optical AI Chips
Funding Amount
$7,200,000
Company Info
Organizations Involved
Gates Frontier, MetaVC, Mana Ventures
Market
Data Centers
Location
Austin, TX, US
Coinvestors
Gates Frontier, MetaVC, Mana Ventures
Company Description

Neurophos, a spinout from Duke University and Metacept Inc., has raised a $7.2M USD seed round to productize a breakthrough in both metamaterials and optical AI inference chips. The company will also hire a team of engineers in Austin, Texas, a major silicon engineering hub.

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