September 9, 2025

AI at the speed of light: Nvidia-backed Scintil Photonics raises €50m Series B

Grenoble’s Scintil Photonics will ramp up production of its flagship light-based chip

Scintil Photonics, a Grenoble-based startup building light-based components to enable AI chips to connect better and faster in data centres, has raised €50m in equity funding.

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Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn

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