{"city":"Berlin","name":"Akhetonics","slug":"akhetonics","facts":[{"date":"2026-09-14","type":"partnership","value":"Akhetonics launched the HAETAE project to develop a multi-material photonic integrated-circuit platform for transfer-learning neural networks.","source":"Akhetonics"},{"date":"2026-09-14","type":"partnership","value":"Akhetonics launched GATEPOST, an EU Horizon project for a graphene-based all-optical technology platform.","source":"Akhetonics"},{"date":"2026-09-14","type":"partnership","value":"HAETAE project to develop a multi-material photonic integrated-circuit platform for transfer-learning neural networks.","source":"Akhetonics"},{"date":"2026-09-14","type":"partnership","value":"GATEPOST, an EU Horizon project for a graphene-based all-optical technology platform.","source":"Akhetonics"},{"date":"2026-09-14","type":"partnership","value":"HAETAE project to develop a multi-material photonic integrated-circuit platform for transfer-learning neural networks","source":"Akhetonics"},{"date":"2026-09-14","type":"partnership","value":"SPOC project with Fraunhofer IZM for room-temperature photonic quantum circuits","source":"Akhetonics"}],"peers":[],"stage":null,"state":"Berlin","aliases":[],"country":"Germany","domains":[{"why":"Akhetonics develops all-optical computing technologies, including an all-optical analog-to-digital converter and photonic components for its XPU. Its projects also target photonic neural-network acceleration.","list":null,"rank":null,"tier":"watchlist","layer":null,"total":42,"domain":"AI Core","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":6,"position":4,"progress":6,"firepower":4,"commercial":2,"deployment":2,"production":2,"technology":6},"edition":null,"segment":null}],"founded":null,"signals":[{"date":"2026-09-14","header":"Akhetonics launched the HAETAE project to develop a multi-material photonic integrated-circuit platform for transfer-learning neural networks.","outlet":"Akhetonics"},{"date":"2026-09-14","header":"Akhetonics and Fraunhofer IZM launched the SPOC project for room-temperature photonic quantum circuits.","outlet":"Akhetonics"},{"date":"2026-09-14","header":"Akhetonics launched GATEPOST, an EU Horizon project for a graphene-based all-optical technology platform.","outlet":"Akhetonics"},{"date":"2026-09-14","header":"Akhetonics began developing an all-optical analog-to-digital converter for all-optical computing.","outlet":"Akhetonics"},{"date":"2026-09-14","header":"Akhetonics developed Connect-A-PIC as an open-source platform for automated photonic circuit design and simulation.","outlet":"Akhetonics"}],"website":"akhetonics.com","category":"AI Infra · Chips & accelerators","categories":[{"name":"Photonic compute","domain":"AI Core","parent":"AI Infra · Chips & accelerators"}],"last_round":null,"updated_at":"2026-10-25T23:16:48.240585+00:00","facts_total":29,"positioning":"Akhetonics is a Berlin-based private semiconductor startup developing an all-optical general-purpose processor, currently branded as the RPU, for AI reasoning, verification, optimization and high-performance computing. It raised a €6 million seed round in Nov-24 and remains active through a Jun-26 2D photonic pilot-line activity and a Jul-26 SmarAct collaboration for precision testing of photonic integrated circuits. Its ecosystem reach includes investors Matterwave Ventures, 468 Capital, Bayern Kapital, Runa Capital, Rheingau Founders, Interface Capital and Constructor Capital, plus research and technology relationships involving Fraunhofer IZM, IMEC, KAIST, DGIST, AUTH and SmarAct; no commercial customer or shipped production processor has been publicly verified.","sub_category":"Photonic compute","signals_total":5,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/akhetonics","title":"Akhetonics · ai core, Berlin, Berlin, Germany · scores, facts and signals · Frontier Tech Intelligence","description":"Akhetonics develops all-optical computing technologies, including an all-optical analog-to-digital converter and photonic components for its XPU. Its projects also target photonic neural-network acceleration. AI Core watchlist (score 42) 5 signals and 29 facts with sources.","publisher":"Frontier Tech Intelligence (Future Frontiers, a trade name of Essential Cognition Inc.)","note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}