Ayar Labs Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 2015

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Private

  • Employees
  • 200

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • 2ndary - Private

  • Investors
  • 59

Ayar Labs General Information

Description

Developer of optical interconnect products designed for artificial intelligence infrastructure. The company offers silicon photonics-based optical engines with scalable performance, integrated light components for seamless signal transmission, high-bandwidth and low-latency connectivity across computing nodes, energy-efficient designs that reduce power consumption, and flexible integration into existing data center and AI infrastructure architectures, enabling data center and AI infrastructure operators to manage large-scale workloads and overcome communication bottlenecks.

Contact Information

Formerly Known As
OptiBit
Ownership Status
Privately Held (backing)
Financing Status
Venture Capital-Backed
Corporate Office
  • 695 River Oaks Parkway
  • San Jose, CA 95134
  • United States
+1 (650)
Primary Industry
Application Specific Semiconductors
Other Industries
Other Semiconductors
Corporate Office
  • 695 River Oaks Parkway
  • San Jose, CA 95134
  • United States
+1 (650)

Ayar Labs Timeline

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Ayar Labs Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Raised to Date Post-Val Status Stage
16. Secondary Transaction - Private Completed Generating Revenue
15. Later Stage VC (Series E) 10-Sep-2026 Completed Generating Revenue
14. Later Stage VC (Series D) 04-Dec-2024 Completed Generating Revenue
13. Accelerator/Incubator Completed Generating Revenue
12. Later Stage VC (Series C1) 01-Apr-2023 Completed Generating Revenue
11. Later Stage VC (Series C) 26-Apr-2022 Completed Generating Revenue
10. Later Stage VC (Series B) 17-Nov-2020 Completed Product Development
9. Debt - General 28-Sep-2020 Completed Product Development
8. Debt - PPP 30-Apr-2020 $926K $26.1M Completed Product Development
7. Grant 31-Dec-2018 $230K $26.1M Completed Product Development
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Ayar Labs Cap Table

Stock # of Shares
Authorized
Par Value Dividend Rate ($) Original
Issue Price
Liquidation Liquidation
Pref. Multiple
Conversion Price % Owned
Series E-L
Series E
Series D-1
Series D
Series C1
Series C
Series B-2
Series B-1
Series A3 1,230,552 $0.001000 $0.1 $1.63 $1.63 1x $1.63 1.63%
Series A2 564,448 $0.001000 $0.17 $2.84 $2.84 1x $2.84 0.75%
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Ayar Labs Comparisons

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Primary
Industry
HQ Location
Employees
Total Raised
Post Valuation
Last
Financing
Details
Developer of optical interconnect products designed for artificial intelligence infrastructure. The company offers silic
Application Specific Semiconductors
San Jose, CA
200 As of 2026

Beijing, China
 

Santa Clara, CA
 
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Ayar Labs Competitors (9)

One of Ayar Labs’s 9 competitors is SiFotonics, a Venture Capital-Backed company based in Beijing, China.

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
SiFotonics Venture Capital-Backed Beijing, China
Achronix Data Acceleration Venture Capital-Backed Santa Clara, CA
Ranovus Venture Capital-Backed Ottawa, Canada
ON Semiconductor Formerly PE-Backed Scottsdale, AZ
Emcore Private Equity-Backed Budd Lake, NJ
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Ayar Labs Patents

Ayar Labs Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
US-20260291617-A1 Split-bus polarization interleaving transmitter Pending 18-Mar-2025
US-20260186218-A1 Methods for integrating discrete optical components to couple light into optical fibers Pending 31-Dec-2024
US-20260189308-A1 Optical source monitoring in optical communication system Pending 31-Dec-2024
US-20260063854-A1 Systems and associated methods for through-backside optical fiber coupling with photonic integrated circuit die/chip Pending 27-Aug-2024
US-20260140333-A1 Systems and associated methods for through-backside optical fiber coupling with photonic integrated circuit die/chip Pending 27-Aug-2024 G02B6/4214
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Ayar Labs Investors (59)

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds
1789 Capital Management Venture Capital Minority
Advanced Micro Devices Corporation Minority
Alchip Technologies Corporation Minority
Artisan Partners Asset Management Asset Manager Minority
Black Box Ventures (New York) Venture Capital Minority
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