Volantis raises $88M Series A to solve AI memory bandwidth bottleneck with integrated optical interconnects.
PRIVATEOct 01, 2026
Amount Raised
$88 Million
Round Type
Series A
Artificial IntelligenceMachine Learning
Description
Volantis, an optical interconnect startup, has closed an $88 million Series A funding round to address the AI memory wall problem. The company has developed custom, integrated micro-VCSELs directly into silicon and new optical structures to increase bandwidth density while pooling memory across chips. Volantis aims to enable AI models with more than 10 trillion parameters to run at up to 10,000 tokens per second per user. The funding comes as major investments in optical interconnects accelerate, following NVIDIA's $6.5 billion photonics investment and Ayar Labs' $650 million in 2026 funding.
Company Information
Company
Volantis
About
Volantis is an AI chip company solving the memory bandwidth bottleneck in large language models through integrated optical interconnects. The company uses custom micro-VCSELs embedded directly into silicon to enable high-bandwidth, high-capacity memory pooling across chips. This approach allows running models with over 10 trillion parameters at up to 10,000 tokens per second per user. Volantis aims to reduce inference latency and cost per token for AI applications.
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