Investors’ backing bolsters Relativity Networks’ ability to meet the insatiable demand for a data transmission technology that hyperscalers require for the AI-powered economy.
ORLANDO, Fla., July 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Relativity Networks, the leading at-scale provider of next-generation fiber-optic technology, has announced an oversubscribed $6.1M seed funding round that includes Prysmian, the global provider in energy and communications cables, GOVO Venture Partners, and a group of new and previous investors who invested in Relativity’s pre-seed round. This brings the company’s total amount raised to $10.7M, validating and reinforcing the company’s ability to produce and deliver, at scale, the hollow-core fiber (HCF) cable increasingly in demand by operators of the energy-intensive data centers required for the AI economy.
The seed round comes on the heels of rapid growth for the company, which emerged from stealth in February with a $4.6M pre-seed funding round. In March, Relativity signed a long-term partnership agreement with Prysmian to bring its next-generation fiber-optic cable to market at scale and have already delivered HCF to hyperscalers, who are eager to adopt the technology at scale.
“This investment represents a pivotal milestone in Relativity Networks’ mission to address two of the most urgent infrastructure challenges of the AI revolution – latency and access to power,” said Relativity Networks founder and CEO Jason Eichenholz. “As data centers face unprecedented energy demands and latency requirements, our hollow-core fiber technology delivers the critical infrastructure backbone needed to support this exponential growth. This funding – along with our continued partnership with Prysmian – allows us to accelerate our ability to meet the surging demand for infrastructure that can handle AI’s massive computational requirements.”
The enormous demands for electric power to handle AI-ready data processing has created a potential bottleneck in the construction of new data centers. But Relativity Networks’ patent-pending hollow-core fiber (HCF) technology can overcome that problem by enabling cloud-computing hyperscalers to locate data centers closer to the sources of power — whether conventional electric utilities or green-energy providers.
“Hyperscalers are racing to meet the surging demands driven by AI, and we are proud to work with, and invest in, Relativity Networks to solve a critical challenge in this space,” said Frederick Persson, EVP Digital Solutions at Prysmian. “Our investment in Relativity is fully aligned with our leadership in digital solutions. Hollow-core fiber will be essential for building the digital infrastructure needed for the AI economy to flourish, and we’re excited to strengthen our partnership with Relativity through this investment. Our work together plays an essential role in bringing hollow-core fiber to market at scale through our global co-manufacturing expertise.”
Hollow-core fiber has emerged as a transformative innovation critical to data center infrastructure, especially with the explosion of AI adoption. AI models need huge amounts of processing power and ultra-low latency networking and storage to handle increasingly sophisticated workloads. In HCF, light propagates in an air core, transmitting data nearly 50% faster than conventional silica glass fiber enabling data to and 1.5 times farther, reducing latency due to its higher bandwidth, and eliminating impact on network performance.
While traditional fiber optic cables typically limit data centers to within 60 kilometers (37 miles) of power providers — or to one another — due to latency constraints, Relativity Networks’ HCF technology extends this range to 90 kilometers (56 miles).
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About Relativity Networks
Relativity Networks is the leading at-scale Hollow Core Fiber provider that has greatly accelerated the speed of light in fiber optics. By replacing glass with air, the company has created technology that allows data to move nearly 50% faster enabling data to travel 1.5x farther with no impact on network performance, addressing the critical power challenges of today, including the need for higher performing data centers in the age of AI. Hyperscalers rely on Relativity Networks to provide the geographic flexibility to build data centers closer to where power is available while meeting exacting data-transmission latency (time lag) requirements. Relativity Networks’ HCF and connectivity solutions integrate seamlessly with existing infrastructure, unlocking immediate expansion options beyond power-constrained urban grids. For more information, visit www.relativitynetworks.ai.
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