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People
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Funding and backers

Team
144
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2024
Grants
$523k
3 grants · CORDIS
Backers
6
Silicon Catalyst, Greycroft
Momentum
0/100
no fresh signals
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Apr 9, 2018 Won a grant $225k · CORDIS Feb 3, 2016 Won a grant $148k · CORDIS Jan 1, 2016 Won a grant $150k · CORDIS Nov 2015 Website went live first capture in the Wayback Machine
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top 2%
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Hacker News stories
3
best: 2 points
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Grant Apr 2018 $225k — CORDIS
Grant Feb 2016 $148k — CORDIS
Grant Jan 2016 $150k — CORDIS
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Overview

Ayar Labs is an American semiconductor and silicon photonics company that develops optical I/O solutions to replace traditional copper-based interconnects in high-performance computing. Founded in 2015 by researchers from MIT, UC Berkeley, and CU Boulder, the firm designs integrated optical chiplets and multi-wavelength laser light sources that enable ultra-high bandwidth and low-latency data movement. Its technology is engineered to eliminate critical data bottlenecks and reduce energy consumption across massive data centers and artificial intelligence infrastructure.

Offices

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

Financials

Total raised
$523k
Latest round
Grant
Funding rounds
3
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Grant 2018 $225k Details
Grant 2016 $148k Details
Grant 2016 $150k Details