Start-ups

P-1 AI launched publicly with a $23 million seed funding round led by Radical Ventures to develop AI capable of cognitive automation for physical systems engineering. Co-founded by former Airbus...

Avicena, a privately held startup based in Sunnyvale, California, announced a collaboration with TSMC to optimize photodetector (PD) arrays for its LightBundle microLED-based optical interconnects. The effort aims to extend...

Exowatt, a Miami-based renewable energy startup, has raised $70 million in Series A funding to accelerate the deployment of its modular solar thermal power system, the Exowatt P3. The round...

Auradine, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California, has secured $153 million in Series C funding to expand its blockchain and AI infrastructure product lines, bringing its total capital raised...

Is wireless optical finally ready for the big time? New innovations mean that finally wireless optical can finally be unlocked. Mahesh Krishnaswamy, CEO from Taara, a recent spin-out from Google...

Aalo Atomics has revealed the first non-nuclear prototype of its Aalo-1 reactor and completed construction of a new 40,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Austin, Texas. The announcement marks a significant milestone...

Semiconductor startup Retym has officially launched from stealth mode with over $180 million in total funding, including a newly secured $75 million Series D round led by Spark Capital. The...

Rain Tree Photonics (RTP) has launched its 200G/lane photonic integrated circuit (PIC) product family, targeting optical interconnects for AI clusters and hyperscale data centers. The new PICs are built on...

RAM Photonics Industrial has announced the launch of its Medusa Array product family, a scalable 2D fiber array designed for next-generation optical interconnects. Manufactured using a fully automated, high-speed process...

Taara, formerly a project within Alphabet’s X lab, announced today that it has officially spun out as an independent company. In a blog post and podcast, Taara CEO Mahesh Krishnaswamy...

Celestial AI announced it secured $250 million in Series C1 funding led by Fidelity Management & Research Company, increasing its total funding to over $515 million. The funding round included...

Quantum Machines (QM) has raised $170 million in a Series C funding round, bringing its total funding to $280 million. Led by PSG Equity, with participation from Intel Capital and...

Baya Systems and Semidynamics have announced a collaboration to accelerate the development of RISC-V-based System-on-Chip (SoC) platforms optimized for AI, machine learning (ML), and high-performance computing (HPC). By integrating Semidynamics'...