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Founder Interviews · October 15, 2026 · 1 min read

Founder Interview: Salience Labs’ Vaysh Kewada on What Customers Want From a Photonic Switch

The CEO said customers want a switch compatible with existing infrastructure, with high bandwidth, low latency and power savings.

Founder Interview: Salience Labs’ Vaysh Kewada on What Customers Want From a Photonic Switch

Salience Labs CEO Vaysh Kewada said, in comments tied to the company's 2025 Series A, "What our customers want is a photonic switch to connect their AI clusters that is compatible with existing infrastructure while delivering high bandwidth, low latency and significant power savings."

In 2026 the Oxford company raised a $125 million Series B and showed a 64-port all-optical switch at ECOC. Company performance figures, including sub-10-nanosecond latency, are not independently verified.

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