Germany-based Q.ANT, a pioneer in photonic processing, has secured a €62 million Series A financing round to accelerate the commercialisation of its energy-efficient photonic processors for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC). As AI infrastructure scales globally, traditional chip technology (CMOS) reaches its physical limits, performance stagnates, and electricity demand is reaching untenable levels. According to a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA), data centres are projected to consume more electricity by 2026 than Japan’s total annual energy use. Q.ANT is addressing this issue with a radically different paradigm: computing with light instead of electricity, which opens the door to significantly higher performance and energy savings. In just five years, Q.ANT has reached a major milestone by developing the world’s first commercial photonic processor built for real-world AI and high-performance computing (HPC) applications. This technology accelerates complex AI tasks while significantly reducing energy consumption. Built on Thin-Film Lithium Niobate (TFLN), the Q.ANT Native Processing Server integrates effortlessly into existing data centres as a plug-in co-processor.

Full report : Q.ANT raises €62M to transform the future of computing with photonic processing.