Core Insights - Xizhi Technology has completed a C-round financing exceeding 1.5 billion RMB, attracting notable investment institutions including China Mobile's fund, Shanghai Guotou, and others [1] - The company, founded in 2018, is a leading provider of optical hybrid computing, focusing on three core technologies: optical matrix computing (oMAC), on-chip optical networks (oNOC), and inter-chip optical networks (oNET) [1] - Xizhi Technology's latest product, the Xizhi Tian Shu optical hybrid computing card, integrates the world's largest 128×128 optical matrix, marking a significant advancement in commercial applications [1] - The company aims to support AI large models with its next-generation optical hybrid computing card currently under development [1] Industry Developments - At the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, Xizhi Technology, in collaboration with other firms, launched the first domestic optical interconnect GPU supernode, LightSphereX, based on its innovative distributed optical switching technology [2] - The CEO of Xizhi Technology anticipates that the market share of photonic chips in intelligent computing centers will reach 30% within the next five years, indicating a critical commercialization phase for large-scale optical integration technology [2]