The VETTDD 50 · UK startups · 2026
Vaysh Kewada
Co-founder and CEO, Salience Labs · saliencelabs.ai ↗
As AI clusters grow, the network that moves data between chips becomes a drag on power and speed. An Oxford photonics company has started shipping switches that route that traffic as light
- all-optical switch launched March 2026
- 32-port
- switch shown live at ECOC, September 2026
- 64-port
- Series A, February 2025
- $30m
- power saving the company claims over electrical switching
- 8x