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Opticore

Photonic chip developer for artificial intelligence computing

opticore.ai
Headquarters
Berkeley, United States
Company type
Private company
Number of employees
25–50
Industry
Semiconductors

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Latest news about Opticore

In short: Opticore raised $14M for photonic AI chips and showcased its photonic crossbar work at Hot Chips 2026, targeting 100x lower energy.

Company announcements

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Opticore CEO discusses optical compute

Zaijun Chen highlights optical chip co-processors to reduce energy use, noting that reliability and packaging are key challenges for scaling.

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Opticore earns praise in analyst recap

The reviewer highlights superior calibration, zero photodiode failures via face-to-face packaging, and high-speed PAM16 ring modulators comparable to Nvidia.

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Opticore presents photonic AI poster at Hot Chips 2026

David Dolt and Yuan Li showcase large-scale homodyne photonic crossbar architecture for efficient tensor processing on August 24th.

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Opticore Raises $7.5M in Funding

Opticore, a Berkeley, CA-based AI computing company developing a photonic computing chip, raised $7.5M in funding...

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Opticore Raises $14 Million to Advance Photonic Computing Chips 100x More Energy Efficient Than GPUs

Enabling energy-efficient AI with breakthrough advances in compute efficiency BERKELEY, CA / ACCESS Newswire / September 10, 2025 / Opticore secured $7.5 million in additional...

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