iPronics raises $125 million to scale programmable optical networking for AI data centres

Summary

iPronics announced a $125 million Series B co-led by Maverick Silicon and Light Street Capital, with NVIDIA participating, bringing its total funding to$177 million. The company plans to scale its ONE optical networking engine, which combines programmable switching, telemetry and APIs to reconfigure connectivity for AI training and inference workloads.

Why it matters

As AI clusters grow, network power and bandwidth are becoming constraints alongside GPUs; programmable optical switching is one route to improving utilisation without simply adding more electrical infrastructure.

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• iPronics Raises $125 Million to Scale Programmable Optical Networking for AI Data Centers