Scale-up interconnect startup CScale launches with $188M in funding

CScale Inc., a startup building optical interconnects for AI data centers, launched with $188 million in funding, most of it from a recently closed Series C round co-led by Atreides Management, Valor Equity Partners and Premji Invest. The company's technology links thousands of accelerators across dozens of racks in large scale-up clusters.

• Series C round accounted for about three quarters of the $188M
• Backers include Nvidia and Intel Capital
• Technology links thousands of accelerators across dozens of racks
• Founded by Sanjai Kohli, previously founder of SiRF Technologies