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Photon Bridge, a photonics company based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, has completed a €10 million funding round, co-led by Amadeus APEX Technology Fund and 360 Capital, with additional investment from Innovation Industries, Faber and BOM. The company combines and multiplexes multiple low-power semiconductor lasers to deliver up to 40 mW of optical power per wavelength per fiber, and can produce its products at multiple InP fabs, in order to meet the million-scale annual demand for lasers from AI clusters. The funding will be used to accelerate product development and customer validation, with first samples expected to be delivered in 2027 and mass production to begin in 2028. There are currently no subsequent development facts.
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Dutch Photonics Startup Photon Bridge Raises €10 Million to Break AI Laser Supply Bottleneck
Photon Bridge, a photonics company based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, has completed a €10 million funding round co-led by Amadeus APEX Technology Fund and 360 Capital, with follow-on investment from Innovation Industries, Faber and BOM. The company combines and multiplexes multiple low-power semiconductor lasers to deliver up to 40 mW of optical power per wavelength per fiber, and can produce at multiple InP fabs, addressing the AI cluster industry's demand for millions of lasers per year. The funding will be used to accelerate product development and customer validation, with first samples expected to ship in 2027 and mass production to begin in 2028.