DustPhotonics develops silicon photonics platforms designed for optical networking in hyperscale data centers and AI applications, aiming to improve bandwidth and speeds while lowering cost and power consumption. Its current product lineup includes the Carmel-4 and Carmel-8 transceivers, which target 400Gb/s and 800Gb/s applications. The company is accelerating development of products to enable 1.6Tb/s applications. DustPhotonics intends to use recent funding to scale production of Carmel-4 and Carmel-8 and to speed further product development. The company is led by CEO Ronnen Lovinger and is based in Modi’in, Israel. In February 2024 it announced a $24M Series B follow-on raise to support these plans. DustPhotonics develops and manufactures pluggable optical modules and solutions for data center, enterprise and high-performance computing applications. Its technology, including AuraDP™, targets enabling next-generation optical modules and connectivity. The company was founded in 2017 by Ben Rubovitch, who serves as CEO. DustPhotonics is based in Modi'In, Israel and Cupertino, California. It raised $25M in a Series B to accelerate its roadmap. The company intends to use the funds to expand its operations and global market presence.

Total raised

$49M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series B

Latest activity

Feb 2024