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AI semiconductors and photonics · United States
Volantis
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Volantis announced an $88 million Series A co-led by Lachy Groom and Abstract Ventures. The semiconductor startup is developing A-1, a photonic interconnect architecture intended to increase both memory capacity and bandwidth for very large AI models. Its founding team includes veterans of NVIDIA, AMD, Broadcom and Ayar Labs.
Updated October 1, 2026 · Evidence from public sources
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Filter in all signals ↗Volantis raises $88 million to build photonic AI inference systems
Volantis announced an $88 million Series A co-led by Lachy Groom and Abstract Ventures. The semiconductor startup is developing A-1, a photonic interconnect architecture intended to increase both memory capacity and bandwidth for very large AI models. Its founding team includes veterans of NVIDIA, AMD, Broadcom and Ayar Labs.
Employee impact
Read full analysis →The size of the round is a positive capacity signal for specialized semiconductor, photonics, systems and AI-infrastructure work, but the company did not publish a hiring target or commercial deployment timeline. Candidates should treat it as an early-stage technical opportunity with meaningful product and execution risk.