光子初創公司Lightmatter籌得4億美元,瞄準IPO!

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光子技術初創公司Lightmatter在AI數據中心熱潮中籌集4億美元,計劃IPO

位於加州山景城的光子技術初創公司Lightmatter宣布,在最新的D輪融資中籌集了4億美元,估值達到44億美元。

這輪融資由新投資者T. Rowe Price領投,現有投資者包括富達和Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) 的GV也參與其中。

這次融資距離上一次籌資不到一年時間,累計融資總額已達8.5億美元。公司希望利用這些資金抓住數據中心熱潮的機會,並應對由ChatGPT引發的人工智能(AI)競賽對更高效基礎設施的需求。

Lightmatter表示,這筆新資金將用於製造和部署其光子芯片,並在合作夥伴的數據中心內使用,同時擴展其在美國和加拿大的200人團隊。

這次融資緊隨前Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) 高管Simona Jankowski被任命為CFO之後,可能為公司未來的公開上市鋪平道路。

Lightmatter的聯合創始人兼CEO Nick Harris表示:「這可能是我們最後一輪私人融資。我們已經簽訂了非常大的合同,這也是我們能夠獲得這麼高額融資的原因。我們預見未來,大多數高性能計算和AI芯片將很快基於Lightmatter的技術。」

該公司開發了使用硅光子技術進行計算和通信的芯片方法,並表示看到來自雲提供商和AI公司的巨大需求,但拒絕透露其客戶名稱。

雖然使用光進行計算的概念並不新鮮,且具有更快、更節能的潛力,但歷史上製造所需元件一直充滿挑戰。

Lightmatter成立於2017年,表示其專有技術能夠提升光子芯片移動數據的能力,提高AI集群的帶寬和性能,同時降低功耗。預計其首批大型集群將在明年運行。

編者評論:

Lightmatter這次的融資顯示出光子技術在AI和數據中心領域的巨大潛力。光子技術的優勢在於其速度和能效,這對於當前高速增長的數據處理需求來說至關重要。然而,該技術的挑戰在於製造和實現的難度。Lightmatter能否在這一領域取得突破,將對其未來的市場地位和IPO前景產生深遠影響。此外,這次融資的成功也反映了市場對創新技術的高度期待和投資者對於未來科技發展的信心。香港的投資者應該關注這類技術的發展趨勢,因為它們可能會為市場帶來全新的投資機會和挑戰。

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