英伟达支持的Ayar Labs融资5亿美元，估值达37.5亿美元

Group 1 - Ayar Labs announced the completion of a $500 million Series E funding round, achieving a valuation of $3.75 billion [1][2] - The funding round was led by Neuberger Berman, with new investors including ARK Invest, Qatar Investment Authority, and 1789 Capital, bringing the total funding to $870 million [1][2] - Investor interest in the AI ecosystem remains high, with venture capital and private equity firms betting on the technology to disrupt traditional workflows and continuously providing funding support for AI infrastructure companies [2] Group 2 - Ayar's technology utilizes optical signals instead of traditional electrical signals to accelerate data transmission by connecting AI computing chips with storage chips [2] - The value of Ayar's technology is increasingly recognized as large-scale cloud providers and countries invest billions of dollars to compete for dominance in AI infrastructure [2] - Competitors of Ayar include Celestial AI, which raised $250 million last March, and Lumentum and Coherent, both of which received $2 billion investments from Nvidia [3] Group 3 - Ayar plans to use the new funding to expand production and testing capabilities, grow its global business including a new office in Hsinchu, Taiwan, and accelerate the deployment of its Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) solutions [2][3]