Salience Labs

Very exciting news for the team here at Salience! We’re proud to share that we have been ranked #28 overall in Sifted’s AI 100, and second on the list in Hardware - a fantastic recognition of the work we’re doing to push the boundaries of AI compute. At Salience Labs, we’re developing optical switches that unlock higher performance and energy efficiency for next-generation AI infrastructure. As models grow in scale and complexity, breakthroughs in compute and networking aren’t just a nice to have... They’re essential. Huge congratulations to our team, partners, and supporters, we're grateful for the recognition of their hard work, and excited for what's ahead! #AI #Semiconductors #Hardware #Photonics #DeepTech #SiftedAI100 #SalienceLabs

Investing in the future of AI infrastructure AI adoption is fuelling unprecedented growth in new data centre development, but with it come massive challenges in compute, energy and networking. By 2030, AI workloads could represent 70% of compute by 2030 and drive global data-centre CAPEX to US$6.7T (McKinsey). With the sheer volume of AI data, networking infrastructure is under pressure, slowing transfers, reducing bandwidth and consuming up to 5% of a data centre’s total energy (IEA). To help tackle the networking bottleneck, Taronga Group has invested in Salience Labs, a University of Oxford spin-out pioneering optical circuit switches that move light instead of electrons, delivering ultra-low latency, high bandwidth capacity and dramatic energy savings for hyperscale AI data centres. This investment reinforces our role in advancing the technologies at the intersection of Real Assets and the AI boom, and supports our investors, owners, operators, and developer partners in maximising the performance of their Digital Infrastructure assets. Read the article on Green Street: https://lnkd.in/gi44ZTCC #datacentres #photonics #digitalinfrastructure #SalienceLabs #TarongaGroup

Photonics in the UK on track to generate £50bn by 2035! Electro Optics caught up with the Semiconductor team at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) to find out more about the Government’s view of the sector. DSIT: The UK Government has identified photonics as a key technology that supports multiple high-growth sectors including artificial intelligence (AI), quantum, net zero, communications and defence. The 2025 Industrial Strategy positions photonics within the semiconductor strategy as a critical technology for national resilience and economic growth. According to data from the Photonics Leadership Group, photonics contributes £18.5bn annually to the UK economy and employs 84,800 people, with productivity levels of £101,000 per employee. The sector is forecast to reach £50bn by 2035, driven by strong growth in data centres, sensors and quantum technologies. Photonics is a vital building block for future technologies, underpinning sectors such as smart manufacturing, autonomous systems and high-speed data transmission. Significant investments that DSIT wants to highlight are:  - £11m for the CORNERSTONE Photonics Innovation Centre (C-PIC) in Southampton and Glasgow. - £4.2m from DSIT, match-funded by Horizon Europe, for the Chips JU Photonics Pilot Line, involving Cambridge Graphene Centre and CORNERSTONE. - £160m investment from the UK Government in Glasgow City Region Innovation Zone (GCRIZ) projects, including the National Advanced Semiconductor Packaging and Integration Centre (NASPIC). These are alongside the other recent semiconductor announcements in the Industrial Strategy which would also apply to photonics, including: - A new £19m UK Semiconductor Centre, bringing together industry, academia and government to provide cross-sector leadership on semiconductors.  - A £36m UK-wide skills package including a £10m new Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Semiconductor Skills, led by Swansea University.  - A new Chip Design Enablement Programme, providing state-of-the-art tools, talent support and technical expertise to boost innovation in chip design.   In 2022, the UK photonics sector contributed £15.2bn in goods and services to the economy, an increase of 7% over a period of two years, reflecting sustained growth and resilience. By 2024, this figure rose to £18.5bn. The UK is one of the world’s leaders in optical computing, a field focused on entirely photonic processing and memory. Industrial R&D is thriving, with start-ups such as Optalysys, Salience Labs and Wave Photonics developing cutting-edge applications in photonic computing, AI acceleration and quantum photonics. #MicroelectronicsUK #Photonics #Semiconductors #FutureTech #Investmment #AIInfrastructure #quantumtechnology #PhotonicsUK https://lnkd.in/eNjkVS-6

Big news! We’ve closed our $30M Series A, to accelerate the development of our optical switches for AI datacenter infrastructure. With data movement becoming a major bottleneck for AI workloads, the timing couldn’t be better. 🚀 Huge thanks to our incredible team for their hard work and dedication! We’re also grateful to our investors — ICM HPQC Fund, Applied Ventures, Oxford Science Enterprises, Cambridge Innovation Capital, Braavos Investment Advisers, Silicon Catalyst Ventures, Jalal Bagherli CBE, and many others — for their support. Learn more: www.saliencelabs.ai https://lnkd.in/dwwUD2AR

A huge congratulations to our co-founder Wolfram Pernice for being awarded the prestigious Leibniz prize (Germany's most important research award that honours outstanding scientists and academics) for his incredible work on Integrated Photonics! We are very proud of his achievements and the world-leading research he is doing to pioneer new developments in Photonics. Read the full University of Heidelberg release here: https://lnkd.in/e6Uf_mpR