Teramount Raises $50 Million to Accelerate Mass Production of AI Optical Interconnect Technology
Recently, Teramount, the leader in AI and data center optical interconnect technology in Israel, announced the completion of a $50 million Series A funding round. This round is led by new investor Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT), with existing investors Grove Ventures, AMD Ventures, Hitachi Ventures, Samsung Catalyst Fund, Wistron and other strategic investors following suit.
AI driven explosion of demand for optical interconnection
With the exponential growth of AI infrastructure, the efficiency and performance requirements for high-speed data transmission have reached a bottleneck. The industry urgently needs to adopt advanced optical interconnect technology to achieve data exchange between computing and network components. TeraVerse of Teraamount ™ The solution is to seamlessly connect the optical fibers outside the rack with the silicon optical chips in the co packaged optical (CPO) system through detachable connectors, which has become a key breakthrough.
Core Motivation for Financing
Hesham Taha, CEO and co-founder of Teramount, said, “This financing brings together financial and strategic investors, reflecting the recognition of our technology by the optical internet ecosystem. Thank you for your support, we will accelerate the layout of high-performance applications such as AI infrastructure. “
Isaac Sigron, Managing Director of KDT Israel (who will join Teramount’s board of directors), stated that “Optical connectivity is the future core of AI infrastructure, and Teramount has become a leading supplier through market position and industry chain cooperation. “
Technical advantages and mass production plan
Teramount’s patented technology PhotonicPlug ™ With PhotonicBump ™ We have achieved efficient integration of fiber to chip and collaborated with industry chain leaders such as wafer fabs, silicon optical enterprises, and packaging and testing service providers. This round of funds will be used for team expansion and mass production preparation to meet the market demand for CPO technology.
Regarding the investor
Koch Disruptive Technologies is a venture capital firm under Koch Industries Group, focusing on investing in high growth enterprises with industry transformation potential. Koch Group has an annual revenue of over 125 billion US dollars and its business covers more than 50 countries.
Company background
Teramount focuses on optical interconnect technology in fields such as AI, data centers, and high-performance computing. Its solutions have been supported by ecological partners and can meet future large-scale manufacturing needs.