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Volantis Raises $88M Series A to Break the AI Memory Wall with Photonic Hardware Interconnects

San Francisco startup Volantis secures $88M Series A to commercialize optical photonic interconnects linking single GPUs to 220 memory chips for 20-trillion-parameter AI models.

By Elena Rostova · October 3, 2026 · 8 min read

Latest Breaking News & Analysis

Volantis Raises $88M Series A to Break the AI Memory Wall with Photonic Hardware Interconnects

San Francisco startup Volantis secures $88M Series A to commercialize optical photonic interconnects linking s...

By Elena Rostova · Oct 3, 2026

Tech

96% of Indian Organisations Hit by Cyber Incidents as AI-Driven Threats Expose Internal Silos: Cisco Report

A Cisco study reveals 96% of Indian firms suffered cyber disruptions in the past year, with over a third invol...

By Rohan Varma · Oct 3, 2026

Startups

India Proposes $25-Billion DeepTech Capital Pool to Power Sovereign AI, Semiconductors, and Defense Robotics

India proposes a landmark $25-billion deeptech funding pool, anchoring $11B in public RDI funds with private v...

By Liam O'Connor · Oct 3, 2026

Engineering

India’s GaN Chip Push Gathers Momentum as Spintronics AI and CSIR-CEERI Target Indigenous Fabrication

Spintronics AI and CSIR-CEERI forge a landmark alliance to transition laboratory gallium-nitride research into...

By Sanjay Patel · Oct 3, 2026

Business

IT Fresher Hiring Rebounds as Indian Tech Majors Pivot from Mass Recruitment to Specialized AI and Cloud Skills

Indian IT fresher hiring is rebounding to 115,000-135,000 intake as TCS, Infosys, and HCLTech shift from indis...

By Vikram Malhotra · Oct 3, 2026

Agrani Labs in Talks to Raise ₹800–850 Cr to Build Sovereign AI GPUs and Full-Stack Software Platform

Bengaluru semiconductor startup Agrani Labs is in talks to raise Rs 800-850 crore from Samsung, 360 ONE, and P...

By Elena Rostova · Oct 3, 2026

Startups

Karnataka Selects 7 DeepTech Startups for Inaugural Innoverse Cohort to Scale Frontier Technologies

Karnataka's Innoverse Foundation selects seven growth-stage startups across aerospace, biotech, space propulsi...

By Meera Krishnan · Oct 3, 2026

IBM Expands Frontier Research With IIT Bombay and IISc Across Agentic AI, Indic LLMs and Quantum Computing

IBM expands multi-year research partnerships with IIT Bombay and IISc Bengaluru focusing on sovereign AI archi...

By Elena Rostova · Oct 2, 2026

Business

TCS Acquires Best Buy India GCC in Strategic Move to Expand Enterprise AI and Retail Engineering Operations

Tata Consultancy Services takes over Best Buy's Global Capability Centre in India, transforming the Bengaluru ...

By Vikram Malhotra · Oct 2, 2026

Startups

India Mobile Congress 2026 Positions DeepTech and Frontier Innovation at the Centre of ASPIRE Startup Scale Programme

India Mobile Congress 2026 prioritizes DeepTech and frontier technologies through its ASPIRE startup programme...

By Meera Krishnan · Oct 2, 2026

Tech

Indian Space Startups SatLeo Labs and EON Space Labs Prepare Imaging Payloads for SpaceX Transporter Launches

SatLeo Labs and EON Space Labs prepare advanced commercial optical and thermal imaging payloads for upcoming S...

By Rohan Varma · Oct 2, 2026

Engineering

Spintronics AI Partners With CSIR-CEERI to Commercialize Production-Ready GaN Chips and Explore Indigenous Fab

Hyderabad-based Spintronics AI and CSIR-CEERI join forces to advance production-ready gallium nitride semicond...

By Karthik Ramaswamy · Oct 2, 2026