SIL-040 Silicon & Compute · Private
Salience Labs
All-optical photonic switches for AI datacenters.
- Founded
- 2021
- 5 years ago
- Total raised
- $41.5M
- Disclosed equity, Sep 2026
- Team
- 65
- Headcount, Sep 2026
- Latest round
- Series A
1 General description
Salience Labs builds all-optical silicon photonic switches that speed up networking inside AI datacenters. The Oxford spin-out raised a $30M Series A led by Applied Ventures and ICM HPQC Fund.
2 Features
3 Specifications
| Parameter | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Silicon & Compute | Pin 01, black band |
| Flagship product | — | No single flagship |
| Headquarters | Oxford, United Kingdom | Europe |
| Status | Private | |
| Business model | B2B | Sells to businesses |
| Backers | Applied Ventures, ICM HPQC Fund, Braavos, Oxford Science Enterprises, Cambridge Innovation Capital, Silicon Catalyst | Through Series A |
| Website | saliencelabs.ai ↗ | |
| Profiles | LinkedIn ↗ |
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