• InfiniLink secures USD 10M seed funding led by MediaTek  to advance optical data connectivity solutions.
• The startup specializes in optical connectivity chips for AI-driven data centers, addressing growing bandwidth and energy efficiency demands.
• With the funding, it aims to accelerate the development of its optical connectivity solutions product development.

InfiniLink

What happened? Egyptian semiconductor startup, InfiniLink, raises USD 10 million in a seed funding round. The round was led by MediaTek, Sukna Ventures, Egypt Ventures and angel investor M Empires Angels. 

“At Sukna Ventures, we are proud to partner with InfiniLink. Their groundbreaking optical connectivity technology, engineered by an exceptionally skilled team, addresses AI’s relentless energy demands in data centers,” said Waleed Alballaa, General Partner at Sukna Ventures.

Who are they? InfiniLink is a semiconductor startup specializing in advanced optical data connectivity chips for AI-driven data centers.

AI Data Centers

What will they use the funding for? With the funding, the startup aims to accelerate the development of its optical connectivity solutions. This is in order to address the growing bandwidth and energy efficiency demands of AI-driven data centers.

Additionally, InfiniLink aims to advance its mission of transforming data center connectivity by leveraging its expertise in Analog Mixed Signal and Photonics.

“With the combined expertise of our investors, we are well-positioned to accelerate product development, expand globally, and meet the surging demand for AI-driven connectivity solutions,” said Ahmed Aboul-Ella, Co-founder and CEO of InfiniLink

Why does this matter? This comes amid AI workload and data-intensive applications drive an exponential increase in bandwidth demands. Furthermore, traditional electrical and optical interconnects are reaching power and scalability limits. Thus, InfiniLink’s iOTC technology aims to tackle this challenge by enabling low-power pluggable transceiver modules and high bandwidth density co-packaged optical engines (CPO). With these solutions, the startup aims to provide high-speed, energy efficient data connectivity that will be essential for the next generation of AI-driven data centers.