Teramount brings pluggability to co-packaged optics

Hesham Taha, the CEO and co-founder of Teramount, describes the last two years for his company as eventful.

"Many things have happened on many fronts," he says.

Teramount has developed a fibre assembly technology for designs integrating photonics and chips.

Hesham Taha

The start-up has raised $20 million in funding and has 30 staff. In addition, the company is recruiting staff experienced in manufacturing processes.

"The funding helps to support what we are working on today, which is manufacturing readiness," says Taha.

Taha also notes marketplace changes as when the rising interest in co-packaged caused some companies that had stepped out of silicon photonics to return.

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