# Volantis

> Photonic AI-inference startup building an optical compute-to-memory interconnect and the A-1 inference system.

## Why it is interesting

Volantis raised an unusually large $88 million Series A to attack the AI memory wall by scaling memory capacity and bandwidth together, with first integrated customer deliveries targeted for 2027.

## Profile

- **Latest funding:** Series A — $88M (October 1, 2026)
- **Latest known valuation:** Not publicly disclosed
- **Total disclosed equity funding:** $88M
- **Stage:** series-a
- **Status:** private
- **Industries:** ai-ml, infra-cloud, deep-tech, hardware-semiconductors
- **Coverage:** full
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-04
- **Latest funding investors:** Lachy Groom, Abstract Ventures, John Doerr, VXI Capital, Triatomic Capital, Susa Ventures, Dwarkesh Patel, Naveen Rao, Sholto Douglas

## Key facts

- October 2026: raised $88M Series A, taking disclosed funding to $97M
- Targets first integrated customer deliveries in 2027
- A-1 specifications and performance comparisons remain company targets

## Funding history

- Series A · $88M · October 1, 2026
  Source: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/volantis-raises-88m-series-a-to-demolish-the-ai-memory-wall-with-photonics-302895940.html

## Investors in our directory

- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/abstract-ventures
- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/vxi-capital
- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/triatomic-capital
- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/susa-ventures

## Related articles

- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/2026-volantis-88m-series-a-photonic-ai-inference

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**Last updated:** October 4, 2026

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