Dutch photonics startup Photon Bridge raises €10M to tackle AI's looming laser bottleneck
Photon Bridge, a Dutch photonics company, has secured €10 million in funding led by Amadeus APEX Technology Fund and 360 Capital to solve a critical constraint in AI scaling: laser supply. As AI clusters grow from thousands to hundreds of thousands of processors, optical connections are replacing electrical interconnects for data transfer between chips. Co-packaged optics integrating optical connectivity directly into chips is accelerating this shift, but demand for high-power lasers now vastly exceeds traditional supply chains built for telecom and subsea networks. Omdia forecasts over 20 million AI accelerators will ship annually by 2028.
Key points
- Photon Bridge raised €10M to scale laser production for AI cluster interconnects.
- Optical connections between AI processors are replacing electrical interconnects as clusters scale.
- Existing laser supply chains built for telecom/subsea are insufficient for projected AI hardware demand.
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