M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund

nEYE Systems is a technology company that develops silicon photonic MEMS switches and micro-electromechanical system-based silicon photonics optical circuit switches. Its devices provide direct optical connections among graphics processing units and memory units, delivering ultra-low power consumption, high radix, and compact chip-scale designs. The company’s switches are deployed to enable network flattening and increased resilience, supporting hyper-scale data centers in improving performance, efficiency, and scalability.

D-Matrix is a computing platform dedicated to enhancing artificial intelligence inferencing workloads within data centers. The company aims to create and implement the world's first brain-inspired AI compute engine, catering to a diverse range of inferencing tasks in the expansive cloud and infrastructure edge markets. D-Matrix's innovative approach leverages in-memory computing techniques and addresses the challenges of memory-compute integration through a combination of mixed-signal and digital signal processing methods. This focus on efficiency enables clients to optimize their computing capabilities, particularly in the realms of generative artificial intelligence and large language models.

D-Matrix is a computing platform dedicated to enhancing artificial intelligence inferencing workloads within data centers. The company aims to create and implement the world's first brain-inspired AI compute engine, catering to a diverse range of inferencing tasks in the expansive cloud and infrastructure edge markets. D-Matrix's innovative approach leverages in-memory computing techniques and addresses the challenges of memory-compute integration through a combination of mixed-signal and digital signal processing methods. This focus on efficiency enables clients to optimize their computing capabilities, particularly in the realms of generative artificial intelligence and large language models.

Syntiant designs neuromorphic semiconductors to enable artificial intelligence and machine learning at the edge. It develops ultra-low-power, high-performance neural network processors for always-on applications in battery-powered devices such as hearing aids, earbuds, smartphones, smart speakers and laptops, enabling on-device AI for sensor, voice, and video processing.

Syntiant designs neuromorphic semiconductors to enable artificial intelligence and machine learning at the edge. It develops ultra-low-power, high-performance neural network processors for always-on applications in battery-powered devices such as hearing aids, earbuds, smartphones, smart speakers and laptops, enabling on-device AI for sensor, voice, and video processing.

CNEX Labs develops storage semiconductor and software solutions, specializing in NVMe PCIe SSD controller ASICs that support LightNVM and Open-Channel operation with native NVMoE I/O connectivity. The controllers deliver high performance with low and predictable latency, scalability, and flexibility for software-defined storage, accelerating big data computing and analytics in cloud, hyperscale, and enterprise data centers. The company serves cloud and data center customers and partners with solid-state storage manufacturers to create differentiated storage solutions across form factors such as M.2, U.2, U.3, HHHL, and EDSFF. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Jose, California, CNEX maintains additional offices in Copenhagen, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Tokyo.

CNEX Labs develops storage semiconductor and software solutions, specializing in NVMe PCIe SSD controller ASICs that support LightNVM and Open-Channel operation with native NVMoE I/O connectivity. The controllers deliver high performance with low and predictable latency, scalability, and flexibility for software-defined storage, accelerating big data computing and analytics in cloud, hyperscale, and enterprise data centers. The company serves cloud and data center customers and partners with solid-state storage manufacturers to create differentiated storage solutions across form factors such as M.2, U.2, U.3, HHHL, and EDSFF. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Jose, California, CNEX maintains additional offices in Copenhagen, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Tokyo.

CNEX Labs develops storage semiconductor and software solutions, specializing in NVMe PCIe SSD controller ASICs that support LightNVM and Open-Channel operation with native NVMoE I/O connectivity. The controllers deliver high performance with low and predictable latency, scalability, and flexibility for software-defined storage, accelerating big data computing and analytics in cloud, hyperscale, and enterprise data centers. The company serves cloud and data center customers and partners with solid-state storage manufacturers to create differentiated storage solutions across form factors such as M.2, U.2, U.3, HHHL, and EDSFF. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Jose, California, CNEX maintains additional offices in Copenhagen, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Tokyo.

Syntiant designs neuromorphic semiconductors to enable artificial intelligence and machine learning at the edge. It develops ultra-low-power, high-performance neural network processors for always-on applications in battery-powered devices such as hearing aids, earbuds, smartphones, smart speakers and laptops, enabling on-device AI for sensor, voice, and video processing.

CNEX Labs develops storage semiconductor and software solutions, specializing in NVMe PCIe SSD controller ASICs that support LightNVM and Open-Channel operation with native NVMoE I/O connectivity. The controllers deliver high performance with low and predictable latency, scalability, and flexibility for software-defined storage, accelerating big data computing and analytics in cloud, hyperscale, and enterprise data centers. The company serves cloud and data center customers and partners with solid-state storage manufacturers to create differentiated storage solutions across form factors such as M.2, U.2, U.3, HHHL, and EDSFF. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Jose, California, CNEX maintains additional offices in Copenhagen, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Tokyo.

CNEX Labs develops storage semiconductor and software solutions, specializing in NVMe PCIe SSD controller ASICs that support LightNVM and Open-Channel operation with native NVMoE I/O connectivity. The controllers deliver high performance with low and predictable latency, scalability, and flexibility for software-defined storage, accelerating big data computing and analytics in cloud, hyperscale, and enterprise data centers. The company serves cloud and data center customers and partners with solid-state storage manufacturers to create differentiated storage solutions across form factors such as M.2, U.2, U.3, HHHL, and EDSFF. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Jose, California, CNEX maintains additional offices in Copenhagen, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Tokyo.

CNEX Labs develops storage semiconductor and software solutions, specializing in NVMe PCIe SSD controller ASICs that support LightNVM and Open-Channel operation with native NVMoE I/O connectivity. The controllers deliver high performance with low and predictable latency, scalability, and flexibility for software-defined storage, accelerating big data computing and analytics in cloud, hyperscale, and enterprise data centers. The company serves cloud and data center customers and partners with solid-state storage manufacturers to create differentiated storage solutions across form factors such as M.2, U.2, U.3, HHHL, and EDSFF. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Jose, California, CNEX maintains additional offices in Copenhagen, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Tokyo.

CNEX Labs develops storage semiconductor and software solutions, specializing in NVMe PCIe SSD controller ASICs that support LightNVM and Open-Channel operation with native NVMoE I/O connectivity. The controllers deliver high performance with low and predictable latency, scalability, and flexibility for software-defined storage, accelerating big data computing and analytics in cloud, hyperscale, and enterprise data centers. The company serves cloud and data center customers and partners with solid-state storage manufacturers to create differentiated storage solutions across form factors such as M.2, U.2, U.3, HHHL, and EDSFF. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Jose, California, CNEX maintains additional offices in Copenhagen, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Tokyo.