Company overview

Ayar Labs is transforming AI infrastructure by accelerating data movement. Recognizing that the complexity and size of AI models are increasing at a rate that traditional interconnect technology cannot handle, the company has developed the industry’s first optical I/O solution that enables customers to maximize the compute efficiency and performance of growing AI infrastructure, while reducing costs, latency and power consumption. Based on open standards and optimized for both AI training and inference, Ayar Labs’ optical I/O solution is backed by a robust ecosystem that enables it to integrate smoothly into AI systems at scale.
Founded in 2015
USA
211 employees
100% recommend to a friend
76% positive business outlook

Salaries

Typical salary range

$145,000 – $175,000

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People

Hiring activity

Open marketing jobs over time

2 open now

Headcount trend

Company growth over the last 12 months

Headcount +11.1% year over year

Funding

Total funding

$874.7M

Last raise

$500M

Series E, 16 days ago

Funding history

Feb 2026

Series E Ayar Labs · $500M

Dec 2024

Series D Ayar Labs · $155M

May 2023

Series C Ayar Labs · $25M

Apr 2022

Series C Ayar Labs · $130M

Nov 2020

Series B Ayar Labs · $35M

Mar 2020

Venture Round Ayar Labs

Audience

Monthly website visitors
26.6K
Month over month0%
Quarter over quarter0%
Top sourceDirect (28.9%)
Ad budget per month$47.9
Average search rank36.3
Traffic source mix
Direct
28.9%
Search
28.4%
Referral
5.7%
Social
2.2%
Paid referral
0.5%

LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

27.1K

12-mo growth

+53.6%

Monthly growth

+6.6%

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