Light-powered artificial intelligence In conjunction with the funding, Stan Reiss from Matrix and Santo Politi from Spark joined Lightmatter’s board of directors. (AI) chip-maker Lightmatter has secured $11m to speed development of its silicon chip that uses light signals for processing, as opposed to electrical signals. Funding was led by Matrix Partners and Spark Capital. The company is working on a new type of computer chip, called an “optical interconnect,” which will be able to process data in the same way as current chips do.
Light-powered artificial intelligence (AI) chip-maker Lightmatter has secured $11m to speed development of its silicon chip that uses light signals for processing, as opposed to electrical signals. Funding was led by Matrix Partners and Spark Capital. The company is working on a new type of computer chip, called an “optical interconnect,” which will be able to process data in the same way as current chips do.