{
  "id": 3147964,
  "title": "Quintessent, a startup making optical interconnects for data centers, raised a $40M Series A led by Cycle Capital, following its $11.4M seed round in 2024 (Maria Deutscher/SiliconANGLE)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/quintessent-a-startup-making-optical-interconnects-for-data-centers",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-25T00:25:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/24/quintessent-bags-40m-to-develop-lasers-for-ai-clusters/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Optical interconnect startup Quintessent Inc. today announced that it has raised $40 million in funding to ramp up production of its hardware.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}