Axonal Networks
Montreal company building paraDOX, an Ethernet packet-switch architecture based on silicon-photonic optical logic, intended to remove optical transceivers and digital signal processing from data-centre and AI-cluster networks.
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Source: axonalnetworks.comAxonal Networks is a Montreal company developing an Ethernet packet-switch architecture built on silicon-photonic optical logic. Its stated aim is to remove optical transceivers and digital signal processing from data-centre and AI-cluster networks. The company states that it has 16 staff working with advanced software and R&D laboratories, that it is backed by industrial investors and six academic professors from four universities, and that its partners include the FABrIC network and the National Research Council Canada.
Received an $850,000 FABrIC award in June 2025. fabricinnovation.ca
States it has 16 staff working with advanced software and R&D laboratories. axonalnetworks.com
States it is backed by industrial investors and six academic professors from four universities. axonalnetworks.com
Names the FABrIC network and the National Research Council Canada among its partners. axonalnetworks.com
NRC IRAP funded a 2026 technical evaluation of its optical Ethernet switching architecture for defence uses such as mobile command posts and deployable data centres. search.open.canada.ca
Government & Grants
Government support actually received. Unpublished amounts are left out.
FABrIC, administered by CMC Microsystems, for the paraDOX silicon-photonic Ethernet packet switch — grant
Industrial Research Assistance Program, National Research Council Canada — grant
Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms, National Research Council Canada — contribution
Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program, National Research Council Canada — contribution
People
Sourced from the company's own pages or announcements.
David Rolston
Founder, CEO
Pierre Gagne
CFO
Jose Garcia-Echeverria
CTO
Technology Focus
Company site: axonalnetworks.comTerms the company uses about its own work.
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