TDK Corporation revealed that its venture-capital arm, TDK Ventures, Inc., has invested in Mixx Technologies, Inc., a fast-rising innovator in next-generation optical interconnect solutions. With this strategic investment, TDK aims to help Mixx accelerate the commercialization of its breakthrough connectivity platform, which is built to remove the data bottlenecks slowing down the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and High-Performance Computing (HPC).
Based in San Jose, CA, Mixx Technologies is reshaping AI infrastructure by introducing system-level optical interconnects that push performance boundaries. At the core of its innovation lies the HBxIO optical engine a co-packaged optics (CPO) solution that delivers scale-up optical connectivity tailored for AI inference workloads. Moreover, this engine is designed with a rack-to-chip architecture that merges photonics with advanced packaging, enabling optimized power efficiency, higher reliability, lower latency, and overall enhanced performance at the datacenter level. As a result, Mixx stands apart from traditional players by supporting switchless GPU clusters, unlocking a highly parallelized compute experience that is essential for next-generation AI applications.
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TDK Ventures joined the company’s oversubscribed $33 million Series A funding round, led by ICM HPQC Fund, alongside SystemIQ Capital and other investors. The strong participation in the round clearly demonstrates growing global confidence in Mixx’s unique system-level approach and underscores its potential to power some of the world’s most demanding AI workloads.
Highlighting this strategic alignment, Nicolas Sauvage, President of TDK Ventures, said, “Mixx Technologies exemplifies the kind of deep-tech innovation that advances not just a single product, but the health and evolution of the entire AI compute ecosystem. We back visionary entrepreneurs who are solving global challenges through groundbreaking deep technology, and Mixx’s optical engine with its unprecedented ultra-high radix embodies that spirit. Its systems-first design bridges the physical and digital worlds, substantially flattening scale-up networking to enable the next generation of highly parallelized, low-latency AI clusters. We’re proud to support a team that is building foundational technology to make large-scale AI infrastructure more efficient, interconnected, and sustainable amplifying its ripple effects from smarter datacenters to responsible compute growth for the next generation of AI applications.”
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Mixx Technologies was founded by industry veterans Vivek Raghuraman (CEO) and Rebecca K. Schaevitz, Ph.D. (Chief Product Officer). Both leaders bring decades of experience in developing interconnect platforms at companies such as Broadcom, Rockley Photonics, Intel, and Corning. Their proven expertise has already driven multiple next-generation interconnect technologies into high-volume deployment.
Sharing his vision for the company’s mission, Raghuraman said, “We are on a mission to enable cost-effective scaling, delivering higher performance per dollar per watt for sustainable compute connectivity. The path to continued AI growth lies in a holistic system transformation driven by open standards that make data movement reliable and efficient. We are energizing the future of technology, building the foundation for the AI-driven world of tomorrow. Our innovative optical engine platform makes this possible by unlocking unprecedented performance and ensuring that AI workloads can scale beyond the limitations of today’s architecture.”
Ultimately, TDK Ventures continues to champion technologies that advance global innovation and push humanity toward a more connected, sustainable, and impactful future.
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