Volantis Semi
Introducing the Volantis Photonic Motherboard
United States · Founded 2022 · $129.0M raised
- Headquarters
- California
- Employees
- 11–50
- Founded
- 2022
- Business Model
- B2B
- Website
- volantissemi.ai
- Total Funding
- $129.0M
- Last Round
- $120.0M Series AJun 2025
- Rounds
- 2
About
Volantis Semiconductor is a California-based deep-tech startup building photonic AI compute infrastructure, specifically the Volantis Photonic Motherboard, which replaces traditional electrical interconnects with light to dramatically increase bandwidth and reduce latency for AI inference workloads. Founded in 2022 by Tapa Ghosh (Thiel Fellow, YC W18 alumnus) and co-founded with Roy Meade (130+ US patents in photonics and packaging), the company has completed 15 idea-to-silicon photonic chip tapeouts and is backed by Sam Altman and Alex Wang of Scale AI. Volantis targets hyperscale AI infrastructure operators seeking to overcome the physical limitations of copper interconnects in next-generation AGI systems.
Summary
Volantis Semi is an Artificial Intelligence company based in United States, founded in 2022. It has raised $129.0M in total across 2 rounds, most recently a $120.0M Series A round in Jun 2025. Investors include Insight Partners, VMG Partners and Madrona Venture.
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