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  "id": 222142,
  "title": "Lumilens, which is building data center optical-interconnection tech to replace wires with light, raised $700M at a $5.5B valuation, for $900M in total funding (Anissa Gardizy/Wall Street Journal)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/lumilens-which-is-building-data-center-optical-interconnection-tech",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-06T12:10:01.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.wsj.com/tech/startup-raises-700-million-to-replace-data-center-wires-with-light-adc74358?st=CpfW3u&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Lumilens, which makes optical gear to speed up data flowing between AI servers, is valued at $5.5 billion in new funding",
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      {
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/asian-shares-are-mostly-lower-as-kospi-falls-4-and-tech-giants",
        "published": "2026-08-06T05:23:01.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}