In recent years, access to mid- and large-sized funding rounds to scale a company has skyrocketed, a trend that equips startups with resources they need to scale their technology. But the challenge for younger tech companies doesn't stop at building a quality product....

The past few decades have seen unprecedented levels of innovation, especially in what Peter Thiel calls the world of “bits,” or software, internet, and mobile technology. According to Thiel, however, there’s a sense that the tech space “could be doing so much more,”...

Ayar Labs looks like it is just about ready to put its optical I/O chiplet technology into commercial datacenter products.  A presentation at the recent Hot Chips conference revealed a lot more detail about Ayar’s technology than it has have offered in the past, while...