Series A · AI

Volantis raises $88m Series A for photonic AI inference

Volantis is designing photonic systems for AI inference.

Volantis raised $88 million in Series A funding co-led by Lachy Groom and Abstract Ventures.

The company is developing A-1, a photonic computing and interconnect system for very large AI models. Its stated targets include support for models exceeding 20 trillion parameters and up to 10,000 tokens per second per user; these are design targets.

Funding history

Series A · This round$88M

Sources

  1. Volantis Raises $88M Series A to Demolish the AI Memory Wall With Photonicsprnewswire.com · Oct 1, 2026
  2. startupdb.com