Investment firm Lingotto, owned by holding company Exor, has announced a strategic investment in British startup Optalysys, which specializes in revolutionary optical microchips. With the raising of 21 million pounds (about 24.4 million euros), Optalysys is poised to expand its team and start production of the chips, which are set to change the technological landscape.
The new technology proposed by Optalysys is based on silicon photonics, a cutting-edge approach that uses light instead of electricity to perform computations. This innovation offers unprecedented opportunities in cryptography, enabling secure and private sharing of data between countries and companies.
While the semiconductor industry faces challenges of slowdown and rising costs, investment in optical chips is growing steadily. Optalysys has developed a solution that promises to overcome these challenges, providing a significant increase in processing speed without increasing power consumption. This is critical to maintaining efficiency and security, while also being resistant to cyber attacks, including those from quantum computers.
With the Agnelli family's investment through Exor, the startup Optalysys is already attracting industry attention and could be destined to become a major figure in the evolution of optical microchips. The collaboration between the two groups promises to bring a bright future for technology and enhanced digital security.
