Ayar Labs

Ayar Labs is an MIT spin-out pioneering optical I/O chiplets that integrate silicon photonics with CMOS electronics, featuring 70 million transistors and over 10,000 optical devices per chip. The company partners with GlobalFoundries, TSMC, Intel, and AMD for high-volume manufacturing of in-package optical interconnect solutions including the SuperNova light source and TeraPHY optical I/O chiplet. Ayar Labs raised $155 million Series D led by Intel, AMD, and Nvidia, with commercial offerings expected between projected 2026-2028 for AI infrastructure and data center applications.