Opticore
United States · Founded 2024
- Founded
- 2024
- Business Model
- B2B
- Website
- opticore.ai
About
Opticore is an MIT spinout, founded in July 2024 by Zaijun, Ryan, and Mengjie, that builds photonic chips designed to accelerate AI inference workloads with far greater speed and energy efficiency than conventional electronics. The company raised $5M in December 2024 and a further $7.5M in September 2025, and in January 2026 achieved a successful tapeout of a 256x256 optical tensor core array.
Summary
Opticore is an Artificial Intelligence company based in United States, founded in 2024.
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