Company profile
Optalysys
Leeds company developing silicon photonic processors intended to accelerate encryption workloads using optical rather than purely electronic computation.
Company overview
Optalysys is a photonic computing company developing solutions to address data movement bottlenecks in artificial intelligence infrastructure. The company pioneers a technology called 'Compute-in-Transit', which performs operations with light directly within the data path. This approach aims to reduce the energy overhead associated with moving data between memory, accelerators, and nodes. Optalysys's technology is based on programmable silicon photonics designed for integration into the optical transport layer. With a head office in Leeds and another UK facility in Bristol, the company also operates in the US and has design teams in India. Optalysys designs the associated analogue integrated circuits, compiler software, and simulation frameworks to support its novel hardware architecture for AI workloads.
Semiconductor activity
Primary capability: Photonic Integrated Circuits. Supply-chain role: Chip Design, Software Development.
Technologies and capabilities
- Photonics
- AI Accelerators
- Silicon Photonics
- AI Acceleration
- Compute-in-Transit
- Silicon
Photonic Processors; Compiler Software; AI Systems Architecture
Markets served
- AI
- Data Centre
- High-Performance Computing
UK presence
Leeds. Other UK sites: Bristol. Part of the Yorkshire cluster.
Sources and verification
Last verified: 2026-09-29