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Funding and backers

Team
1-10
employees, estimated range
Grants
$1.7M
4 grants · CORDIS
Backers
1
Runa Capital
Momentum
0/100
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this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Feb 1, 2025 Won a grant $281k · CORDIS Oct 1, 2024 Won a grant $566k · CORDIS Oct 1, 2024 Won a grant $270k · CORDIS Oct 1, 2023 Won a grant $613k · CORDIS 2020 Founded
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Grant Feb 2025 $281k — CORDIS
Grant Oct 2024 $270k — CORDIS
Grant Oct 2024 $566k — CORDIS
Grant Oct 2023 $613k — CORDIS
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Legal entity Akhetonics GmbH its site
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Michael KissnerGeschäftsführercompany's site
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Overview

The World's First. Akhetonics is building the RPU, the first Reasoning Processing Unit. Modern AI has hit a wall: reasoning, verification, and optimization workloads demand extreme single-threaded performance that today's electronic chips simply can't deliver.

News

News deutsche-startups.de 2 years ago
Akhetonics erhält 6 Millionen - Look AI Ventures investiert in Secjur - The Platform Group kauft Chronext
+++ #DealMonitor +++ Akhetonics erhält 6 Millionen +++ Look AI Ventures investiert in Secjur +++ loyalift bekommt 750.000 Euro +++ Poncho erhält 589.000 Euro +++ HeldYn sammelt sechsstellige Summe ein +++ The Platform Group kauft Chronext +++
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News SiliconANGLE 2 years ago
Akhetonics nabs €6M to build a general-purpose optical processor
Akhetonics nabs €6M to build a general-purpose optical processor - SiliconANGLE
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News TechCrunch 3 years ago
Akhetonics raises capital for its all-optical processor prototype
Photonics is becoming a bigger sector as chip makers look for faster solutions. Akhetonics raises capital for its all-optical processor prototype.
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People

Michael Kissner
Geschäftsführer
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1

Financials

Total raised
$1.7M
Latest round
Grant
Funding rounds
4
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Grant 2025 $281k Details
Grant 2024 $270k Details
Grant 2024 $566k Details
Grant 2023 $613k Details