COMPANY PROFILE · UPDATED 22 SEP 2026

Ayar Labs

Ayar Labs, Inc. develops photonic interconnect technology products. The Company offers products which reduces the use of fiber optic transceivers by storing the data in silicon chips. Ayar Labs serves customers in the State of California.

Emeryville, CA

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Founded: 2015
Headcount: 112
Open roles: 0
Last raised: Series E

LOCATIONS

Where they work

Ayar Labs offices

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Emeryville, CA6460 Hollis St suite a

FUNDING

Capital raised

Total raised

$524,650,000

Investors

Funding rounds

Series E ↗
Announcement · siliconangle.com
Alchip, AMD, Intel, MediaTek, Nvidia, Applied Ventures, VentureTech Alliance
$150MSep 10, 2026
Series D
Advent International, Alumni Ventures Group, Light Street Capital, AMD, Nvidia, Intel Capital, 3M New Ventures, Applied Materials, Lockheed Martin Ventures, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, VentureTech Alliance, Boardman Bay Capital Management, IAG Capital Partners, Playground Global, AXIAL Partners, Autopilot
$155MDec 10, 2024
Series C
Capital TEN, Nvidia, Tyche Partners, VentureTech Alliance, Boardman Bay Capital Management, IAG Capital Partners, Applied Materials, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Hewlett Packard Pathfinder, Intel Capital, Lockheed Martin Ventures
$25MMay 23, 2023
Series C
Boardman Bay Capital Management, Tyche Partners, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Nautilus Venture Partners, IAG Capital Partners, Nvidia, Infinitum Partners, Atreides Capital, Agave Partners Capital, Berkeley Frontier Fund, Page One Ventures, AXIAL Partners
$130MApr 25, 2022
Series B
Blue Sky Capital, Downing Ventures, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Applied Materials, SGInnovate, Playground Global, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Intel Capital, Founders Fund, Castor Ventures, Alumni Ventures Group, Asuun
$35MNov 4, 2020
Debt Financing
First Citizens Bank
$3MApr 29, 2019
Series A
Playground Global, Intel Capital, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Founders Fund, TECHU
$24MNov 7, 2018
Seed
Founders Fund, TECHU, Silicon Catalyst, The House Fund
$2.5MAug 15, 2016
Grant
National Science Foundation
$150KNov 23, 2015

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OPEN ROLES

Roles at Ayar Labs

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LEADERSHIP

Founders & key people

Mark Wade

CTO at Ayar Labs

Ayar LabsMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)University of Colorado BoulderRadiance TechnologiesUniversity of Colorado BoulderUniversity of ColoradoLouisiana Tech University

Alex Wright-Gladstein

CEO at Sphere

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