Astra Networks

Photonic-electronic fabric startup — spun out of TU Eindhoven by Prof. Nicola Calabretta. Develops the EFFINITI family of photonic-native network fabrics for AI data centers.

Overview

Astra Networks is a TU Eindhoven spinout developing photonic-native network fabrics for AI data centers. Its EFFINITI product family uses a photonic/electronic hybrid architecture with in-network computing at every hop, scaling from 110,000 nodes (EFFINITI-48) to over 16 million nodes (EFFINITI-256) with minimal re-transmitting hops.