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. 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.