Neurophos is here to deliver the computational power of the human brain to artificial intelligence, by leveraging the massive parallelism and higher efficiency of optical computing, but based on a metmaterials technology that allows the use of all three spatial dimensions for data storage and processing.
Location: United States
Employees: 1-10
Total raised: $117.2M
Founded date: 2020
Investors 5
| Date | Name | Website |
| 21.08.2026 | Dhuna Vent... | dhunaventu... |
| 17.11.2023 | Silicon Ca... | siliconcat... |
| 10.07.2026 | Duke Capit... | dukecapita... |
| - | Realm Capi... | realmcapit... |
| - | MetaVC Par... | metaventur... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 23.01.2026 | Series A | $110M | Aramco Ven... |
| 15.12.2023 | Seed | $7.2M | - |
Mentions in press and media 13
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| 30.01.2026 | Свет вместо транзисторов: как Neurophos пытается переписать будущее ИИ | Графические процессоры Nvidia уже много лет остаются главной рабочей лошадкой искусственного интеллекта. На них обучают гигантские модели, крутят инференс в промышленных масштабах, и со стороны кажется, что все идет по накатанной: больше яд... |
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| 24.01.2026 | Breaking Silicon Walls: Neurophos Fuels AI's Future with $110M for Photonic Chips | Neurophos raised $110 million in Series A funding, now totaling $118 million. The company pioneers photonic AI chips. It develops Optical Processing Units (OPUs) for advanced AI inference. OPUs leverage light-based computation, outperformin... |
| 23.01.2026 | «Прорыв на уровне физики»: Билл Гейтс вложился в оптические чипы, которые обещают заменить GPU | Венчурный фонд Билла Гейтса Gates Frontier возглавил раунд Series A на $110 млн в стартап Neurophos, разрабатывающий оптические процессоры для ИИ-инференса. В раунде также участвовали Microsoft M12, Aramco Ventures, Bosch Ventures и Carbon ... |
| 22.01.2026 | Chip startup Neurophos gets $110M to replace electrons with photons and accelerate AI compute Send us a News Tip EXTRACT THE SIGNAL FROM THE NOISE Cookies | Another day, and another artificial intelligence chipmaker is raking in millions of dollars in funding. Today it’s a startup called Neurophos Inc., which has just closed on an oversubscribed early-stage funding round worth $110 million, bri... |
| 22.01.2026 | Neurophos Raises $110M in Series A Funding | Neurophos, an Austin, TX-based company which specializes in photonic AI chip technology, has raised $110M in Series A funding. The round was led by Gates Frontier, with participation from M12 (Microsoft’s Venture Fund), Carbon Direct Capita... |
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| 22.01.2026 | Neurophos: $110 Million Series A Raised To Bring Exaflop-Scale Photonic AI Chips To Data Centers | Neurophos has raised $110 million in an oversubscribed Series A round to accelerate the commercialization of its photonic AI chip technology, positioning the Austin-based company to push beyond the power and scalability limits facing today’... |
| 18.12.2023 | Data Center Metamaterial AI Chips from Neurophos Raised $7.2 Million | Neurophos has raised a $7.2M USD seed round to productize a breakthrough in metamaterials and optical AI inference chips. Neurophos has joined the Silicon Catalyst incubator program to accelerate product development. Neurophos, a spinout fr... |
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