Opticore (Seed)
Funding Details
Awarder
SemiNews
Date Award
December 27, 2024
Vertical
Photonic Computing
Funding Amount
$5,000,000
Company Info
Founding Year
2024
Organizations Involved
UC Berkeley, MIT
Founders
Zaijun Chen, Ryan Hamerly, Mengjie Yu
Market
AI Computing
Location
Fremont, CA, US
Coinvestors
Sagax Capital, Jetha Global, Bioeconomy
Company Description

Opticore is a photonic computing company developing optical processing units (OPUs) that perform computational tasks using light and waveguides instead of electrical components. This innovative approach allows for computation at significantly lower energy costs and higher clock speeds, addressing the memory bottlenecks in CMOS electronics and enabling the processing of billions of parameters in a single chip.

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