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Mark Wade

Mark Wade

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Ayar Labs

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"This funding tackles one of AI's toughest roadblocks: moving data fast enough between processors. Copper connections just can't keep up—they're hitting their physical and energy limits." — Mark Wade, March 2026

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The race to replace copper inside AI data centers

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Leading Ayar Labs through production scale-up

When engineers double a copper cable's data rate, electrical noise doubles and usable length halves—strangling the AI industry. As graphics processing units (GPUs) push toward 224 gigabits per second per lane, passive copper cables inside data centers reach less than one meter before the signal degrades.

Updated May 30