Anametric, an Austin, TX-based company developing room-temperature quantum photonic solutions for cybersecurity, just completed a $3.3M Seed 2 funding round. This round was led by Convergent Ventures and joined by Scout Ventures, Lavrock Ventures, among others.
Anametric will use the funds to accelerate development of its groundbreaking quantum photonic IC (QPIC) platform functionality, in support of a 2025 product launch. Anametric’s industry-leading silicon photonics cybersecurity platform features remarkably low overhead in both silicon area and power consumption and will feature its patented Hybrid Quantum PUF. This unique PUF architecture incorporates machine learning resistance and patent pending reconfigurability aspects. Anametric’s innovations in silicon photonic integrated circuits are exceptionally scalable across disparate market segments, ranging from IoT to the Data Center and capable of integrating in standard CMOS designs with customers that span both private and government partners.
“Photonics Integrated Circuits (PICs) is a technology ripe for enormous growth over the next decade and more. I have been observing and advising the team at Anametric for the last several years and I am impressed with their vision, progress and traction” says Frank Levinson, Managing Director at Convergent Ventures
About Convergent
Convergent Ventures is a venture capital fund investing in early-stage teams using science-driven technologies to change the future of health and sustainability. Convergent team members are founders, scientists, and physicians with decades of experience. The team believes that the convergence of data with the natural, physical, and human sciences fuels outsized financial returns and societal impacts. Convergent actively scouts, invests in, and nurtures early-stage teams whose passion and product lie at that intersection.
About Anametric
Anametric is a Texas based startup developing quantum photonic solutions for the cybersecurity market. Founders Wil Oxford and Jim Gable have been working with teams at SMU in Dallas and under contract with the US Air Force Research Lab and the Army Research Lab for the past 8 years, designing and building silicon photonics chips for dual-use applications. Combining patent-pending quantum and classical technologies, Anametric’s devices will offer a wide range of improved cybersecurity functions, including support for the upcoming massive transition to post-quantum cybersecurity (PQC).