Attotude Celebrates $50 Million Funding Round

<p><strong>MENLO PARK<&sol;strong> &&num;8212&semi; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cts&period;businesswire&period;com&sol;ct&sol;CT&quest;id&equals;smartlink&amp&semi;url&equals;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fwww&period;attotude&period;com&percnt;2F&amp&semi;esheet&equals;54231399&amp&semi;newsitemid&equals;20250401188826&amp&semi;lan&equals;en-US&amp&semi;anchor&equals;AttoTude&amp&semi;index&equals;1&amp&semi;md5&equals;fb1791091158008e95eb25100ac6bf22" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" shape&equals;"rect">AttoTude<&sol;a>&comma; a pioneer of groundbreaking THz interconnect technology for AI and hyperscale data center applications&comma; has raised &dollar;50 million in Series B funding led by Mayfield and joined by The Westly Group&comma; with participation from existing investors Sutter Hill Ventures&comma; Canaan Partners&comma; and Wing Venture Capital&period; This latest investment brings AttoTude&&num;8217&semi;s total funding to &dollar;91 million&comma; following its &dollar;30 million Series A in 2024 and &dollar;11 million Seed round earlier that year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>AttoTude is transforming data center interconnects with the world&&num;8217&semi;s first THz interconnect over wire&comma; significantly improving bandwidth&comma; reliability&comma; and energy efficiency at a leading cost structure&period; The company&&num;8217&semi;s THz platform fully meets the scale up application without the use of photonics by leveraging standard ASIC manufacturing processes to communicate up to 40m&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The data center infrastructure powering AI workloads is hitting fundamental limits with conventional interconnect technologies&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cts&period;businesswire&period;com&sol;ct&sol;CT&quest;id&equals;smartlink&amp&semi;url&equals;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fwww&period;linkedin&period;com&percnt;2Fin&percnt;2Fdave-welch-b359b630&percnt;2F&amp&semi;esheet&equals;54231399&amp&semi;newsitemid&equals;20250401188826&amp&semi;lan&equals;en-US&amp&semi;anchor&equals;Dave&plus;Welch&amp&semi;index&equals;2&amp&semi;md5&equals;5f86cacc00d3c139233d519ef83af64b" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" shape&equals;"rect"><b>Dave Welch<&sol;b><&sol;a><b>&comma;<&sol;b><b> co-founder and CEO of AttoTude<&sol;b>&period; &&num;8220&semi;Our THz platform represents a paradigm shift that solves critical bandwidth&comma; power&comma; and reliability challenges&period; With Mayfield&&num;8217&semi;s support&comma; we&&num;8217&semi;re accelerating commercialization to meet the explosive demand from AI and hyperscale data center providers&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Series B funding will be used to scale manufacturing operations&comma;<i> <&sol;i>expand customer engagements&comma; and accelerate product development as AttoTude prepares for volume production&period;<i> <&sol;i>AttoTude is currently working with leading hyperscale and AI infrastructure companies on initial deployments&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We&&num;8217&semi;re witnessing a fundamental reimagining of data center architectures driven by AI&comma; creating an urgent need for breakthrough interconnect solutions&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cts&period;businesswire&period;com&sol;ct&sol;CT&quest;id&equals;smartlink&amp&semi;url&equals;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fwww&period;linkedin&period;com&percnt;2Fin&percnt;2Fnavinchaddha&percnt;2F&amp&semi;esheet&equals;54231399&amp&semi;newsitemid&equals;20250401188826&amp&semi;lan&equals;en-US&amp&semi;anchor&equals;Navin&plus;Chaddha&amp&semi;index&equals;3&amp&semi;md5&equals;d29dd704a422417ed4b00ca71b071fc0" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" shape&equals;"rect"><b>Navin Chaddha<&sol;b><&sol;a><b>&comma; Managing Partner at Mayfield<&sol;b>&period; &&num;8220&semi;AttoTude&&num;8217&semi;s radical innovation in THz technology represents the kind of step-function advancement that occurs once in a decade in the semiconductor industry&period; We&&num;8217&semi;re excited to partner with Dave Welch&comma; Joy Laskar&comma; and their world-class team to bring this transformative technology to market&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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