🔥 Hot Takes Tuesday for 2025-03-11

Two hot takes on two stories that caught my eye on Tuesday.

🌈 + 💰 Photonics chiplets promising 14.4Tbps are fascinating as is a $2.5B valuation.

Celestial AI, which aims to use light to speed up data transfer inside servers, raised $250M led by Fidelity at a $2.5B valuation, taking its funding to $515M

Celestial AI, which aims to use light to speed up data transfer inside servers, raised $250M led by Fidelity at a $2.5B valuation, taking its funding to $515M

By Jane Lanhee Lee / Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.

🔐 + 💰 Trusted “Tupperware” software solutions command a $3.5B valuation.

Sources: Kirkland-based enterprise cybersecurity startup Chainguard is in talks to raise $350M led by Kleiner at a $3.5B valuation, up from $1.1B in July 2024

Sources: Kirkland-based enterprise cybersecurity startup Chainguard is in talks to raise $350M led by Kleiner at a $3.5B valuation, up from $1.1B in July 2024

By Katie Roof / Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.

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