Ayar Labs Aims to Eliminate AI’s Bottlenecks

Ayar Labs' co-founder and CEO, Mark Wade, and VP of Commercial Operations, Terry Thorn, discuss how their optical chiplet technology aims to revolutionize AI infrastructure by overcoming bandwidth bottlenecks. They explain that current electrical interconnects limit the scaling and performance of AI models, as electrical signaling faces a bandwidth-distance trade-off. Ayar Labs uses photons to increase bandwidth and distance, enabling larger AI models to run more efficiently. This technology simplifies system architecture, reduces power consumption, and lowers latency. They are targeting mass market deployments in the next few years, particularly in AI applications, and are working with industry leaders like NVIDIA and Intel to establish a robust ecosystem.