Astrape Networks

We won a Gerard & Anton Award. Last night, at the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, Astrape Networks was named among the winners of the 12th Gerard & Anton Awards. For a company shaped inside HighTechXL and grown in the middle of the Photondelta ecosystem, this recognition from home lands differently than any other. Gerard and Anton Philips built a company that changed how the world thinks about electronics. To be handed an award in their name is a heavy honour and one we intend to earn. Thank you to the jury led by alderman Stijn Steenbakkers for the trust. And to everyone in the Brainport community who has been part of getting us here. Timing could not be better. The doors of our Demo Center opened earlier this week. EFFINITI is running. Now we get back to work. #GerardAntonAwards #Astrape #EFFINITI #Brainport #DeepTech

Some weeks the photo says more than the words. This is the team, a few days out from opening our Demo Center in Belgium. Some are in the picture, some could not make it, all are part of this. Thank you! Every line of code, every cable, every transceiver, every time Marco Camilli and Francesco Pessolano drove you a little mad with "just one more thing", all of it got us here. And thank you to those who have stood with us on the way to this pivotal moment: Join Capital GmbH, PhotonVentures, Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij (BOM), SHIFT Invest, PhotonDelta and the EIC - European Innovation Council, together with the Brabant Startup Fonds BV, Smart Industries and HighTechXL. Doors open next week. EFFINITI runs. Come and see. #Astrape #EFFINITI #DemoCenter

𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲. This was one of them. The first unit powered on in our offices. Part of the team gathered around a workbench, watching something we have been working on for a long time finally come to life. We blurred it on purpose. 𝗡𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲. 𝗡𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼. 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗶𝘁, 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲. The official announcement is coming. So is the opening of our demo center. A new piece every two weeks, until the box stops being blurred. #Astrape #ComingSoon

𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀. Late this spring, we're opening the EFFINITI Demo Center in Belgium, where datacenter operators and technology partners can experience EFFINITI firsthand. Just replace your Top of Rack switches with the EFFINITI-compatible ones and add a software service in your smart NIC. That's it. Dynamic path optimization, 60 to 100% fewer hops, physically isolated traffic paths, up to 90% energy reduction, and one unified network for AI, storage and application traffic. 𝗡𝗼 𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀, 𝗻𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲, 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰, 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀. This is just the beginning.  Throughout 2026, we'll be rolling out new ways for partners to experience, evaluate and deploy EFFINITI, from our facility to yours. In the meantime, we're at OFC. Come find us at Booth 758, South Hall. #datacenter #AI #deeptech #networking #OFC2026

🤝The Dutch–Singapore Deep-Tech Expansion Programme 2026 is officially live. From 2–6 February 2026, ATUM will be welcoming a cohort of Dutch deep-tech companies to Singapore for their first immersion week, a focused week of market exploration, curated 1-1 meetings, and ecosystem connections. The companies are here to explore customers, partnerships, R&D collaborations, and market entry opportunities across Singapore and Southeast Asia. QuiX Quantum (www.quixquantum.com) A photonics-based quantum computing company building scalable quantum hardware, with commercial deployments already underway. Innatera (www.innatera.com) A semiconductor company developing ultra-low-power neuromorphic AI microcontrollers for real-time, on-device sensor processing. Skytree (skytree.tech) A cleantech company providing modular Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology for CO₂ removal and utilization. Astrape Networks (www.astrapenetworks.com) Optical networking technology addressing AI infrastructure bottlenecks in data centres through a novel, hitless dynamic bypass architecture. GrwNxt (www.grwnxt.com) An AI-driven precision horticulture company improving crop nutrition through proprietary Dynamic Digital Recipes (DDR®). This programme is a joint effort by HighTechXL and ATUM Ventures, supported by Enterprise Singapore, bringing together the Dutch and Singapore ecosystems to support meaningful, long-term cross-border collaboration. 👉 Keen to connect? If you’d like to meet any of the visiting companies or think someone in your network should, reach out to our team, Mia Tam Nguyen / Megan C.. #DeepTech #SingaporeEcosystem #DutchEcosystem #MarketExpansion #CrossBorderInnovation #ATUM #HighTechXL Luuk Eliens | John Bell | Robin van Scheijndel | Sam Snoeks Thomas van Els | Roy Anirban | Elena Nikonova, PhD | Ameen Bou Diab | Francesco Pessolano | Annemieke Roobeek | Coen Hilbrands

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In my last two decades of charting the market outlook of technologies, nothing has given me so much pleasure as studying the market of AI network infrastructure. AI challenges all market logics of the past, and so it's quite a ride forecasting such a market. However, it has been beneficial to have numerous back-and-forth discussions to reach a consensus on our positions. This is what makes Gartner forecast so much more trustworthy! Thanks for your contributions, Andrew Lerner Evan Zeng Nauman Raja Simon Richard Jonathan Forest Marissa Schmidt For clients following this market forecast, I have good news: we have transitioned from an annual cycle to a semi-annual one, aligning with the market's current pace. In our latest publication, released a week or so ago, we have made changes to our market segment definitions and forecasts, adding use cases such as "scale-up" and "scale-across" to the existing "scale-out". Presented below is one of our charts from the report, showing how Ethernet is racing away as the dominant standard for AI network infrastructure going forward. Gartner clients in the infrastructure space should not miss this critical research to inform their plans for 2026 and beyond. You can directly access it here: https://lnkd.in/d2Rqy2sh (behind the Gartner paywall)

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