Salience Labs Raises $125 Million Series B to Develop Photonic Switching Chips for AI Data Centers
Salience Labs Secures $125M for Photonic Networking Chips
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Salience Labs, which develops photonic chips for AI data center interconnects, has closed an oversubscribed $125 million Series B round. The company previously demonstrated a 64-port all-optical silicon photonic circuit switch live at ECOC 2026.
The original article links the funding to the demonstration of a 64-port all-optical switch at ECOC, helping gauge commercial progress in silicon photonic optical switching
Salience Labs, a developer of photonic chips targeting connectivity for AI datacenter infrastructure, has completed an oversubscribed $125 million Series B funding round. The financing comes on the heels of Salience Labs’ live demo of its 64-port all-optical photonic switch at ECOC 2026, an industry first for silicon photonics optical circuit switching (OCS), the company said. Funding will be used to accelerate deployment of Salience’s OCS technology, scale its volume manufacturing operations and expand its U.S. presence in Silicon Valley, where the company will open a second West Coast location. Salience’s growth strategy targets global expansion into new geographic markets, expanding its global footprint and...
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