Develops photonic optical processing units that use light for AI computation, 100 times more efficient than GPUs.
Founders
Patrick Bowen(United States · ♂)— After researching metamaterials at Duke under David Smith and setting up Metacept Systems, this electrical-engineering PhD co-founded Neurophos to apply metamaterial optical modulators to power-efficient AI-inference photonic chips.
Andrew Traverso(US · ♂)— A physics PhD and Duke postdoctoral fellow who co-founded Neurophos as Chief Scientist, spinning the metamaterial optical processor out of David Smith's lab at Duke.
Team & hubs
Funding history
Date
Round
Amount
Jan 2026
Series A
Neurophos closed an oversubscribed $110 million Series A led by Gates Frontier to bring photonic computing to AI data centers.
$110M
Investors
Tap an investor to see what else they have backed.