Eindhoven-based Photon Bridge has raised €10M, co-led by the Amadeus APEX Technology Fund and 360 Capital, to build laser light sources for the optical links inside AI data centres. It plans first samples in 2027 and volume production from 2028.

Photon Bridge, an Eindhoven startup that makes laser light sources for AI data centres, has raised €10M, the company said on Wednesday . The Amadeus APEX Technology Fund and 360 Capital co-led the round.

Existing investors Innovation Industries, Faber and the Brabant Development Agency (BOM) also put in more money. The company was called Photon IP until last year, when it raised €4.75M in seed funding.

AI data centres increasingly use light, rather than copper wires, to move data between chips. Those optical links need lasers to supply the light.…