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Akhetonics gets fresh funding for a contrarian bet on all-optical chips
Photonics -- a field that underpins light-based systems for manipulating data -- has a bright future, as the rise of AI demands better computing
Photonics — a field that underpins light-based systems for manipulating data — has a bright future, as the rise of AI demands better computing performance, but it has yet to be fully applied to a new generation of chips. While it still seems far-fetched to some, Matterwave Ventures, the VC firm that led Akhetonics’ new round, believes that the time is right for fully optical technology to be applied to general-purpose computation. Cheaper costs and a local supply chain are two big differences compared to existing AI semiconductors; Kissner seems genuinely baffled that the “trillion dollar Al industry” relies on chips made in geopolitically troublesome areas.
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