🇺🇸Optical-interconnect developer Ayar Labs secured another $150 million, bringing its primary capital raised during 2026 to $650 million.

Ayar Labs announced that it had secured an additional $150 million in funding. This brings its total primary capital raised during 2026 to $650 million; the figure is not described as lifetime funding or a company valuation.

The disclosed funding purposes include product development, manufacturing-ecosystem readiness, and high-volume production. HPCwire frames the announcement around co-packaged optics (CPO) manufacturing, but the supplied excerpt does not quantify current production output or customer shipments.

The funding also supports a new Bengaluru Design Center in India. The excerpt does not disclose the financing’s valuation, investors, security terms, ownership dilution, or a timetable for the manufacturing objectives.