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Lightmatter Aims to Reinvent AI-specific Chips with Photonic Computing and $11M in Funding

Devin Coldewey | TechCrunch

It takes an immense amount of processing power to create and operate the “AI” features we all use so often, from playlist generation to voice recognition.

light shining on very small computer chip

Devin Coldewey | TechCrunch

It takes an immense amount of processing power to create and operate the “AI” features we all use so often, from playlist generation to voice recognition. Lightmatter is a startup that is looking to change the way all that computation is done — and not in a small way. The company makes photonic chips that essentially perform calculations at the speed of light, leaving transistors in the dust.

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