Photon Bridge
Photon Bridge (formerly Photon IP) is an Eindhoven-based integrated photonics company founded in 2020.
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Photon Bridge (formerly Photon IP) is an Eindhoven-based integrated photonics company founded in 2020. Using proprietary cantilever waveguide coupling that unites III-V gain material with scalable silicon photonics, it develops high-power multi-wavelength laser sources (digital light engines) for AI data-center optical interconnects and co-packaged optics.
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Company· 12
Investor· 5
Founders / team· 3
Funding history
- 2026-10-21New funding round$11M
Investors · Amadeus APEX Technology Fund, 360 Capital, Innovation Industries, Faber, Brabant Development AgencySource · photonbridge.com ↗
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BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Photon Bridge
Photon Bridge (formerly Photon IP) is an Eindhoven-based integrated photonics company founded in 2020. Using proprietary cantilever waveguide coupling that unites III-V gain material with scalable silicon photonics, it develops high-power multi-wavelength laser sources (digital light engines) for AI data-center optical interconnects and co-packaged optics.
Undisclosed · 2026-10
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United States
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Ayar Labs
Provides co-packaged optics (CPO) interconnect chips for AI data center accelerator clusters, replacing copper interconnects with optical interconnects
Series D+ · $1.0B · 2026-09 · Valuation $3.8B
$1.0BValuation $3.8B - MangoBoost
DPU developer helping data centers cut energy use and optimize performance
Series A · $55M · 2023-10
$55M - CScale
Develops fault-tolerant optical interconnects (with integrated optical engines) for AI clusters, addressing bandwidth and reliability issues in scaling accelerator interconnects
Series C · $188M · 2026-09
$188M
China
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Guoke Guangxin (Haining) Technology Co., Ltd.
SiN silicon photonics: 400G-1.6T datacom chips, 3.2T/6.4T NPO/CPO and OIO chiplets for AI; chips for LiDAR, coherent, sensing, OCT
Series B · 2026-09
— - 诺万芯微电子
High-speed optical and electrical interconnect chips for AI data centers (optical CDR/oDSP, electrical AEC/ACC), built on in-house SerDes
Series A · $28M · 2026-07
$28M - Liangyin Technology
Silicon photonic integrated circuit (PIC/OIO/CPO) R&D
Angel · $7M · 2026-07
$7M
Europe
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Aylight
Chip-scale multi-wavelength lasers for optical interconnects in AI data centers (silicon photonics).
Pre-Seed · $5M · 2026-07
$5M - Salience Labs
All-optical circuit switching chips and modules (32-port OC-32M commercial module, 64-port prototype, 128/256-port planned) for AI cluster scale-out networking and hyperscale cloud data centers; manufacturing and ecosystem partners include Tower Semiconductor and Keysight.
Series B · 2026-10
— - Enlightra
Chip-scale multi-wavelength comb lasers for optical interconnects in data centers and AI clusters
Undisclosed · $15M · 2025-12
$15M
Other / unspecified
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Solinide Photonics
Silicon nitride photonic integrated chips and integrated frequency combs for AI data centers and telecom
Seed · 2026-08
— - Xsight Labs
Fabless semiconductor company providing programmable Ethernet switch chips and 800G data processing units (DPUs) for hyperscale, edge and AI data center networks.
Series D+ · $300M · 2026-07 · Valuation $2.8B
$300MValuation $2.8B - DustPhotonics
High-speed optical interconnect products for data center and AI applications
Series B · $24M · 2024-02
$24M
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