Avicena, LLC
Avicena, LLC develops microLED-based optical interconnects for high-speed communications, enabling energy-efficient AI data centers and GPU clusters to scale up.
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About Avicena, LLC
How much funding has Avicena, LLC raised?
Avicena, LLC has raised $10.0M in total funding. The most recent round was Series B.
Where is Avicena, LLC headquartered?
Avicena, LLC is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.
What does Avicena, LLC do?
Avicena, LLC develops microLED-based optical interconnects for high-speed communications, enabling energy-efficient AI data centers and GPU clusters to scale up.
What problem does Avicena, LLC solve?
AI data centers need faster, more energy-efficient interconnects to scale GPU clusters across racks, beyond what copper or laser-based optical interconnects can deliver.
What's Avicena, LLC's solution?
Avicena builds microLED-based optical interconnect technology (LightBundle), including a transceiver with integrated ASIC and microLED/photodetector arrays, to connect thousands of GPUs across racks.
What makes Avicena, LLC different?
States it is the first company to use microLEDs for high-speed communications, delivering industry-leading sub-picojoule-per-bit energy efficiency versus laser-based alternatives, and cites shipping the world's first 1Tbps evaluation kits.
What makes Avicena, LLC notable?
Avicena was founded in 2019 by Bardia Pezeshki and raised a $65M Series B led by Tiger Global with participation from SK Hynix and Prosperity7 Ventures.
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