Salience Labs raises $30M to advance photonic connectivity solutions for AI data centers
Salience Labs is pioneering next-generation photonic networking solutions to meet the growing demands of AI-driven data centers.
Company name: Salience Labs
Location: Oxford, UK
Industry: Infrastructure
Funding details:
- Amount: $30M
- Investors:
- Lead: ICM HPQC Fund, Applied Ventures, LLC
- Participants: Strategic Investment Fund, Braavos, Oxford Sciences Enterprises, Cambridge Innovation Capital, Silicon Catalyst, Jalal Bagherli
Purpose of investment:
- Further the development of optical switches for large-scale AI connectivity
- Enhance photonic switching technology to eliminate infrastructure bottlenecks for AI workloads
Leadership:
- CEO: Vaysh Kewada
- CFO: Bonnie Tomei (newly appointed), a certified public accountant and industry veteran based in Silicon Valley
Product:
Salience Labs specializes in photonic solutions designed to enhance AI datacenter infrastructure by enabling ultra-fast, low-latency networking fabrics. The company’s optical switching technology helps eliminate bottlenecks that slow AI workloads, allowing for more efficient processing and connectivity at scale.
About the company:
Founded in 2021 and backed by more than a decade of research from the University of Oxford and the University of Münster, Salience Labs is pioneering next-generation photonic networking solutions to meet the growing demands of AI-driven datacenters.
Future plans:
With this funding, Salience Labs will accelerate the development and commercialization of its photonic switching technology to support AI datacenter infrastructure at scale.
