Sub-category 8.7
Photonic & Analog Compute
Long-shot architectures using light or analog electronics for matrix multiplication. Mostly research stage with first products shipping now.
Players
Players: Lightmatter Private, Ayar Labs Private, Celestial AI Private, Salience Labs Private, Mythic Private, EnCharge AI Private, Rain AI Private, PsiQuantum (quantum, very long-dated) Private
Analysis coming soon — this page is scaffolding for deeper research into photonic & analog compute.