Volantis Semiconductor - About the company
Volantis Semiconductor is a series A company based in United States, founded in 2022 by Roy Meade and Tapa G. It operates as a Developer of photonic hardware infrastructure for accelerating artificial general intelligence. Volantis Semiconductor has raised $97M in funding. The company has 27 active competitors, including 13 funded and 4 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Nvidia, Lightmatter and Ayar Labs.
Company Details
Developer of photonic hardware infrastructure for accelerating artificial general intelligence. The company focuses on using light for chip communication. Their hardware infrastructure aims to enable faster inference. The team has experience in photonic chip manufacturing and is working to revolutionize computing.
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2022
Location
Stage
Series A
Total Funding
$97M in 2 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Ranked
19th among 27 active competitors
Employee Count
29 as on Sep 30, 2026
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Volantis Semiconductor's funding and investors
Volantis Semiconductor has raised a total funding of $97M over 2 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jun 12, 2025. Its latest funding round was a Series A round on Oct 01, 2026 for $*****. 8 investors participated in its latest round. Volantis Semiconductor has 2 angel investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Volantis Semiconductor:
Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 01, 2026 | 1129168 | Series A | 3647009 | 8245562 | 7634506 | 1042533 |
Jun 12, 2025 | 2115175 | Seed | 2519283 | 3763640 | 3667112 |
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Volantis Semiconductor's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileHere are the details of Volantis Semiconductor's key team members:
- Roy Meade: Co-Founder & CTO of Volantis Semiconductor. Contact Info: 1 email address
- Tapa G: Founder of Volantis Semiconductor.
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Volantis Semiconductor's employee count trend
Volantis Semiconductor has 29 employees as of Sep 26. Here is Volantis Semiconductor's employee count trend over the years:
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Volantis Semiconductor's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Volantis Semiconductor include Nvidia, Lightmatter and Ayar Labs. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Volantis Semiconductor, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Nvidia 1993, Santa Clara (United States), Public | Developer of hardware and software solutions for artificial intelligence computing | $5M | 86/100 | |
2nd | Lightmatter 2017, Boston (United States), Series D | Developer of photonic interconnects and co-packaged optics for AI infrastructure | $850M | 70/100 | |
3rd |  Ayar Labs 2015, San Jose (United States), Series E | Developer of optical interconnect solutions for artificial intelligence infrastructure applications | $872M | 66/100 | |
4th |  Celestial AI 2020, Santa Clara (United States), Acquired | Developer of optical interconnect technology for artificial intelligence infrastructure systems | $589M | 66/100 | |
5th | Neurophos 2020, Austin (United States), Series A | Platform that deliver GPU-level performance in a compact, energy-efficient form using optical computing and metamaterials | $120M | 63/100 | |
6th | Optalysys 2013, Leeds (United Kingdom), Series A | Provider of AI-powered optical processing technology for big data applications | $63M | 62/100 | |
7th |  Expedera 2018, Santa Clara (United States), Series B | Provider of AI accelerators | $38M | 58/100 | |
8th |  Olix 2024, Durban (South Africa), Series B | Developer of a new compute paradigm for frontier artificial intelligence | $562M | 48/100 | |
9th | Mithril 2022, Palo Alto (United States), Series A | Operator of an AI omnicloud platform providing compute and batch inference | $80M | 48/100 | |
10th | CogniFiber 2016, Tel Aviv (Israel), Series A | Manufacturer of AI-powered in-fibre optical computing hardware | $14M | 38/100 | |
19th |  Volantis Semiconductor 2022, United States, Series A | Developer of photonic hardware infrastructure for accelerating artificial general intelligence | $97M | - | 48/100 |
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Volantis Semiconductor's Investments and acquisitions
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News related to Volantis Semiconductor
Media has covered Volantis Semiconductor for 1 event in last 1 year.
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Volantis Raises $88M for Photonic Inference SystemsSiliconAngle•Oct 02, 2026•Abstract, Volantis Semiconductor, Volantis, Triatomic and 2 others
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Volantis Secures $9M Seed Funding for VCSEL-Based Interconnectsoptics.org•Jun 17, 2025•Volantis Semiconductor, OpenAI
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