iPRONICS raises €20m to advance optical networking

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iPronics, a deep tech startup in software-defined photonic engines, has announced €20m series A funding.

This will accelerate the deployment of iPronics Optical Networking Engine (ONE), in AI data centres, enabling fast, scalable and high-bandwidth communication for energy-efficient AI. This investment is led by Triatomic Capital, with participation from Fine Structure Ventures and Bosch Ventures, Amadeus Capital Partners and Criteria Venture Tech.

CEO Christian Dupont said: “iPronics technology will enable larger GPU domains with fast optical interconnects, increasing training compute capacity and providing low latency inference. This investment will accelerate our Optical Circuit Switch market deployment, allowing customers to build next-gen AI infrastructure.”

Current AI datacentres use electronic switches that must be replaced as bandwidth needs to grow, limiting GPUs per server and creating fixed infrastructure that hinders efficient GPU utilization. Optical networking is the solution.

iPronics’ ONE technology offers an optically switched fabric for AI architectures, enabling on-the-fly topology adaptation and extending programmability to physical layer connections. It provides 1000x faster reconfiguration vs other optic based approaches, lossless operation, lower cost-per-port, and higher reliability due to its solid-state chip design.

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