Lumai
Using 3D optical computing, we enable AI at scale – with the fastest, most energy-efficient AI data center accelerator
Oxford, United Kingdom
28 employees
Venture round
Total: $12.85M
AI, Machine Learning
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Oxford, United Kingdom
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Lumai has launched Lumai Iris, a new optical AI compute accelerator designed for the compute-bound prefill phase of LLM inference, with its Iris Nova model targeting ~10x more compute per watt than…
Lumai appointed Alex Spinelli, SVP of AI and Developer Platforms at Arm and a PyTorch board member, as a new advisor.
About Lumai
Taxonomy: Optical Computing, AI Processor, Datacenters, Photonics, Energy Efficiency, Technology, Research & Development, Start-up, Scale-up, Commercialization, Power Efficiency, Innovation, Oxford University Spinout
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Funding Rounds & Investors (4)
View All| Funding Stage | Amount | Investors | Lead Investors | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | $10.00M | 8 |
|
02 Apr 2025 |
| Non Equity Assistance | Undisclosed | 1 |
|
07 Sep 2023 |
| Grant | £1.10M | 1 |
|
02 Feb 2023 |
| Seed Round | £1.75M | 2 |
|
31 Dec 2021 |
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