The mitre corporation new vision open 2024 award control number: 3387-2450 title: all-optical chiplets for energy-efficient artificial intelligence this competitive cooperative agreement for a…

The Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded The Mitre Corporation a $2.158 million Cooperative Agreement on November 5, 2025, to develop photonic integrated circuits for all-optical, energy-efficient artificial intelligence under ARPA-E Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-FOA-0003387 (VISION OPEN 2024). The project, titled "All-Optical Chiplets for Energy-Efficient Artificial Intelligence," addresses increasing energy demands of large-scale AI systems through the design and development of all-optical chiplet technology. The award runs through November 4, 2028, with place of performance in McLean, Virginia. ARPA-E advances high-potential, high-impact energy technologies that are too early for private-sector investment, supporting the Department of Energy's National Objectives through merit-reviewed competitive awards requiring concept-paper pre-applications submitted via ARPA-E eXCHANGE.

The mitre corporation new vision open 2024 award control number: 3387-2450 title: all-optical chiplets for energy-efficient artificial intelligence this competitive cooperative agreement for a research and development project entitled, "all-optical chiplets for energy-efficient artificial intelligence" is awarded the mitre corporation under arpa-e FOA number DE-FOA-0003387 (vision open 2024) and control 3387-2450. The purpose of this award is seeks to develop photonic integrated circuits for all-optical, energy-efficient artificial intelligence (AI) in order to address the increasing energy demands of large-scale AI systems.