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Ayar Labs Secures Additional $150M, Lifting 2026 Capital to $650M

Unite.AIPublished 2 hours ago

Ayar Labs raised an additional $150M in 2026, totaling $650M to advance manufacturing of co-packaged optics technology for AI infrastructure. The funding supports product development, scaling, and a new design center in India. Strategic investor Wiwynn joins other backers like AMD and NVIDIA to enable optical connectivity in hyperscale AI data centers.

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