Mixx backs open standards to get its 0.2 dB connector inside the AI box
Mixx Technologies co-founders Vivek Raghuraman and Rebecca Schaevitz are betting a $33M Series A that a connector with 0.2 dB typical loss can help optics scale inside the AI box.
By RuntimeWire Staff · Published
Primary source: PR Newswire Business Technology
Why it matters
Near-package optics is the step hyperscalers are deciding now on the way to co-packaged optics, and Mixx argues the decision turns on connector loss, cleaning, and termination at thousands of fibers per rack. If open EBO and Open CPX specifications win, a startup can sell into hyperscale designs without owning the whole box.
Vivek Raghuraman has spent his career watching good photonics die at the connector. At Intel, he led the first integrated silicon photonics transceiver to commercial release. At Broadcom, he took two generations of co-packaged optics through hyperscaler qualification in Meta's environment. He holds thirteen patents, according to a published interview, and in 2023 he co-founded Mixx Technologies in San Jose with Rebecca Schaevitz to build optical interconnects for hyperscalers.…
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