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Celestial AI: Funding, Investors & Team (Oct 2026)

Celestial AI is a company that is creating a platform using optical interconnect technology to enhance the performance of data centers and AI solutions. They leverage photonics, mixed-signal ASICs, and advanced packaging to improve computing performance and provide clients with better AI acceleration hardware and software options. Their Photonic FabricTM technology enables optically scalable data center computing and memory, driving progress in AI while also being profitable.

www.celestial.ai LinkedIn Santa Clara, United States 101-250 employees
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Data Center Machine Learning Semiconductor Software B2B
Total raised
$481M
Rounds
3
Latest
Series C
Mar 2025

Celestial AI has raised $481M across 3 funding rounds on record, the most recent a Series C of $250M announced in Mar 2025.

That round is above the $6.0M median round size for Artificial Intelligence companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Celestial AI Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$481M
across 3 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
3
Latest funding round
Series C
$250M in Mar 2025
Employees
101-250
reported band
Headquarters
Santa Clara, United States

Latest funding round on record: Mar 2025.

Celestial AI Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Series C
$250M
Undisclosed round
$175M
Series A
$56.0M

Celestial AI raised $56.0M in a Series A announced in Feb 2022.

2.1 years later, an undisclosed round of $175M was announced in Mar 2024.

1 years later, a Series C of $250M was announced in Mar 2025.

Celestial AI Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
David Lazovsky
Founder
Locked
Preet Virk
Founder
Locked

Contact details for the Celestial AI team: 2 of 2 have an email address on file.

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Celestial AI Funding Compared to Other Artificial Intelligence Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
30,319
$7.7M
1,877
$60M

Celestial AI's latest round of $250M is above the median round in Artificial Intelligence. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Celestial AI Funding FAQs

What does Celestial AI do?

Celestial AI is a company that is creating a platform using optical interconnect technology to enhance the performance of data centers and AI solutions. They leverage photonics, mixed-signal ASICs, and advanced packaging to improve computing performance and provide clients with better AI acceleration hardware and software options. Their Photonic FabricTM technology enables optically scalable data center computing and memory, driving progress in AI while also being profitable.

How much funding has Celestial AI raised?

Celestial AI has raised $481M across 3 rounds on record. The most recent is a Series C of $250M announced in Mar 2025.

When did Celestial AI last raise funding?

Celestial AI's most recent funding round on record is a Series C of $250M, announced in Mar 2025.

Who founded Celestial AI?

FundedIQ lists David Lazovsky (Founder), Preet Virk (Founder) at Celestial AI.

Where is Celestial AI headquartered?

Celestial AI is based in Santa Clara, California, United States.

How many employees does Celestial AI have?

Celestial AI is in the 101-250 employee band.

How does Celestial AI's funding compare to other Artificial Intelligence startups?

Celestial AI's latest round of $250M is above the $6.0M median round size for Artificial Intelligence companies on FundedIQ across 7,243 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Celestial AI Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Celestial AI is left off this page rather than filled in.

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