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OLIX
Formerly known as Flux | Optical compute infrastructure for frontier AI
About OLIX
Flux is positioned to address the escalating computational demands of the artificial intelligence sector. The company designs and manufactures optical processors specifically engineered for training and running inference on large AI models. This technology is presented as an alternative to traditional silicon-based chips, such as GPUs.
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The core value proposition centers on overcoming the anticipated limitations of current computing capacity, which struggles to keep pace with the growth of AI. Flux's optical computing solutions aim to deliver higher performance while consuming significantly less energy, thereby addressing the physical and power constraints associated with scaling silicon-based infrastructure.
The business model appears to be focused on the design and manufacturing of specialized hardware. The target market consists of entities developing or deploying large-scale AI, which are facing challenges with the cost and energy requirements of existing computing hardware. The company is establishing its operations in London's King's Cross AI hub.
At a glance
- Founded
- 2024
- Headquarters
- London, United Kingdom
- Sector
- Semiconductors
- Power Law
- Unicorn$1–10B valuation tier
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Series A13 investors entered at this stage
Hummingbird Ventures
Plural
LocalGlobe
Vertex Ventures
Entrepreneurs First
Fundomo
ARM
Hudson River Trading
Reed Hastings
Crane Venture Partners
Creandum
Phoenix Court Group
Transition
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