Salience Labs, an Oxford, UK-based provider of photonic networking chips and optical circuit switching technology for AI datacenter infrastructure, raised $125M in Series B funding.
The round was led by Bullhound Capital with participation from AMD Ventures, Intel Capital, SBI Group, Hudson River Trading, British Business Bank, Applied Ventures LLC, Oxford Science Enterprises, Cambridge Innovation Capital, and Silicon Catalyst Ventures.
The company intends to use the funds to accelerate the deployment of its optical circuit switching (OCS) technology, scale its volume manufacturing operations, and expand its U.S. presence in Silicon Valley.
Led by CEO Vaysh Kewada, Salience Labs develops all-optical, fully integrated switch architecture targeting connectivity for AI datacenter infrastructure to improve network latency. Their platform features a fully integrated on-chip solution and proprietary optical amplification designed to connect thousands of GPUs across multiple racks.
They currently operate from offices in the UK and are expanding their footprint in Silicon Valley and globally.
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14/10/2026