Ayar Labs

Overview

Optical I/O chiplets — silicon photonic interconnects for breaking memory + I/O bandwidth walls in AI clusters.

Part of the Silicon Valley ecosystem

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Timeline

1. Mar 2026Funding Roundmorningstar.com ↗

   $500M growth round.