Quintessent Inc. has raised $40 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round and is sampling a single-chip comb laser for AI accelerator (xPU) chip makers. A conversation ( https://lnkd.in/een2Vjhz ) with CEO Alan Liu (R) and COO Bob Nunn (L).
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Gazettabyte is a resource for the optical community. It includes in-depth features on datacom and telecom topics as well as information targeted at individuals working in the optical industry. The site features include in-depth articles on technologies, interviews with senior industry executives, and industry market research findings.
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Lumentum is pitching gallium arsenide VCSEL light sources for co-packaged optics (CPO) alongside its higher-power and multi-wavelength indium phosphide lasers. A conversation with Rafik Ward and Sri Venkat. https://lnkd.in/eTFgESbf
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Mosaic One Fabric gives service providers access to the tools, network data, and guardrails used by Adtran’s own AI applications, allowing them to build automation around their operations. A conversation with Niall Robinson https://lnkd.in/eGrdyn7q
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The Big Read: Professor Graham Reed, winner of Optica and the IEEE Photonics Society 2026 John Tyndall Award, discusses his 35 years in silicon photonics, optical modulators, and the silicon photonics applications that are coming next. https://lnkd.in/epw4arDG
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Lightwave Logic, Inc.’s CEO, Yves LeMaitre, says there are two modulator technologies that typically dominate each generation of optics. The company hopes its silicon-organic hybrid modulator is one of the two for 400G and beyond. A conversation with LeMaitre (L) and Robert Blum (R) https://lnkd.in/eA3CPaqP
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AI is providing a new rationale to revisit edge computing. However, Adtran’s Jörg-Peter Elbers is not convinced, and his reasoning says a good deal about where telcos can, and cannot, profit from AI. https://lnkd.in/eJM7WW3Z
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Professor Martijn Heck discusses the origins of the Dutch integrated photonics ecosystem, the role of PhotonDelta’s €1.1 billion programme, and why Europe’s opportunity lies in the analogue domain. https://lnkd.in/ezJHVQNt
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OpenLight has fresh funding, production customers, named ecosystem partners, and a 400-gigabit modulator roadmap aimed at optics for AI. A conversation with CEO, Adam Carter https://lnkd.in/eSZzj5sF
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AI is disrupting optical networking’s established roadmap, forcing vendors to reconsider everything from pluggable optics and cooling assumptions to laser supply and coherent system design. A conversation with Cisco's Acacia's Tom Williams https://lnkd.in/eX67dUuF
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Oriole rethinks AI accelerator scaling with its Prism Ultra. A conversation with CEO James Regan and CTO George Zervas. https://lnkd.in/eskG2gEW
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