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25-year-old founder’s Olix nabs $220M for photonic AI inference chips to take on Nvidia — TFN
Founder News Team Feb 13, 2026 0

The costs of AI infrastructure are rising quickly. With the newest AI models applying more computing power, running these trained…

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Perceptra secures €1.2M to accelerate photonic sensing innovation
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Perceptra secures €1.2M to accelerate photonic sensing innovation
Founder News Team Jan 8, 2026 0

Perceptra, the MIT spinoff pioneering photonic chip-based AI-enabled Raman sensors for chemical monitoring, has announced it has secured a €1.2…

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Turning industrial pains into photonic startups
Founder News Team Nov 5, 2025 0

The photonics world gained a new growth engine today. On stage at the PIC Summit Europe in the Evoluon, PhotonDelta…

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Leaders Gather to Debate How to Scale Photonic Chip Indusattempt for Quantum
Founder News Team Nov 3, 2025 0

Insider Brief More than 700 global leaders are convening Nov. 4-5 at PIC Summit Europe 2025 in Eindhoven, The Netherlands,…

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CyberRidge Raises $16M to Boost Photonic Encryption Tech
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CyberRidge Raises $16M to Boost Photonic Encryption Tech
Founder News Team Oct 29, 2025 0

CyberRidge, a startup from Israel that is developing photonic-encryption technology, has raised US$16 million in a series A funding round…

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Dutch startup QuiX Quantum secures €15 million to deliver first-generation universal photonic quantum computer
Founder News Team Jul 10, 2025 0

QuiX Quantum, the Enschede-based photonic quantum computing innovator, today announced it has secured €15 million in Series A funding to…

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[News] BelGaN Bankruptcy to Cost Belgium €1M; GaN Plant May Be Repurposed for Photonic Chips
Founder News Team Jul 10, 2025 0

BelGaN’s GaN power semiconductor plant in Belgium was shut down last year. According to a report from eeNews Europe, three…

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Arago raises $26M to slash AI energy consumption with breakthrough photonic chip
Founder News Team Jul 8, 2025 0

Arago, a deeptech startup pioneering a new class of energy-efficient AI chips powered by light, has raised $26 million in…

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