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## The AI race built faster chips. Now the chips are too fast for their own wires.

DevFeed: [The AI race built faster chips. Now the chips are too fast for their own wires.](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-ai-race-built-faster-chips-now-the-chips-are-too-fast-for-their-own-wires-82934.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://thenextweb.com/news/eliyan-145m-series-c-unicorn-ai-chip-interconnects>)

Author: ssanders

Published: 2026-07-30T18:04:28Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Eliyan](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/eliyan.md>)

Topics: [nuclear energy for AI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/nuclear-energy-for-ai.md>), [AWS data center network architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws-data-center-network-architecture.md>)

Tags: [ai-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-infrastructure.md>), [amd](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/amd.md>), [artificial-intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/artificial-intelligence.md>), [ayar-labs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ayar-labs.md>), [data-centers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-centers.md>), [deep-tech](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deep-tech.md>), [eliyan-in-the-news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/eliyan-in-the-news.md>), [gpus](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gpus.md>), [interconnect](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interconnect.md>), [investors-and-funding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/investors-and-funding.md>), [semiconductors](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/semiconductors.md>), [startups-and-technology](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/startups-and-technology.md>), [united-states](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/united-states.md>)

### AI overview

Eliyan raised $145 million in a Series C at a $1 billion valuation to develop interconnect technology that moves data between AI chips and data center racks. The company is expanding from electrical links to optical interconnects, with funding for development, partnerships and manufacturing.

### Source excerpt

Eliyan raised a $145m Series C at a $1bn valuation to fix the data bottleneck between AI chips, adding Cisco and Lumentum for its optical push.