BANIAS LABS

Pre-seed, 2026

This company develops photonic integrated circuits and hardware to enable high-speed data processing and secure communications for enterprise and national security customers.

Akhetonics

This company develops all-optical digital processors for customers in the high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, telecommunications, and aerospace sectors.

AuthenX

AuthenX develops silicon photonics and high-speed optical transceivers for data centres, satellite communications, and 5G infrastructure providers.

New Photonics

This semiconductor company develops photonic integrated circuits and optical processing chips for hyperscale data centres and artificial intelligence infrastructure providers.

Neurophos

This company develops energy-efficient optical processing units for data centres to accelerate artificial intelligence inference using silicon photonics and metasurfaces.

Enlightra

This company develops chip-scale multiwavelength lasers and optical interconnects for data centres and artificial intelligence infrastructure providers to enable efficient data transmission.

Lightmatter

Lightmatter develops photonic chips and interconnects for data centres and artificial intelligence companies to accelerate computing workloads and improve energy efficiency.

Xsight LABS

This company develops programmable Ethernet switches and data processing units for hyperscale, cloud, and artificial intelligence data centre operators.