How Chiral is Unlocking Post-Silicon Computing Beyond Moore’s Law

Chiral, building next-generation chips with nanomaterials, led by Seoho Jung, Natanael Lanz, André Butzerin, and others, has raised a $12 million seed financing round led by Crane Venture Partners, with participation from Quantonation, HCVC, and Founderful, as well as public funding from Innosuisse.

The funding supports Chiral’s mission to enable wafer-scale manufacturing of post-silicon computing chips built on nanomaterials, advancing the next generation of processors beyond the limits of conventional silicon.

As the semiconductor industry nears the physical and economic limits of silicon scaling under Moore’s Law, nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes and two-dimensional materials are increasingly viewed as a path to sustain performance and energy-efficiency gains. Industry roadmaps from leaders, including TSMC, reference their future adoption.

Despite strong academic validation, industrial deployment has remained constrained by a key manufacturing bottleneck: the absence of scalable, precise, and contamination-free integration processes.

Seoho Jung, CEO of Chiral, emphasized that while nanomaterials have shown strong performance in research, limited scalable and controllable manufacturing has constrained real-world impact. Chiral is focused on converting these breakthroughs into industrial deployment.

The company is developing a robotic nanomaterial integration system using automation, precision engineering, and AI to enable selective, contamination-free placement on silicon wafers, paving the way for wafer-scale production.

Since its incorporation and a pre-seed round two years ago, Chiral has advanced its automation and process control capabilities, developed its first commercial equipment system, and enabled industry and research partners to accelerate development.

The newly raised seed capital is expected to further strengthen this momentum.

Krishna Visvanathan, Co-founder and Partner at Crane Venture Partners, stated that the next foundational shift in computing will depend not only on new materials but on the ability to translate them into practical systems and customer-ready solutions. Chiral’s engineering-led approach positions the company to play a meaningful role in the post-silicon era.

Jung noted that upcoming customer announcements are expected to highlight performance gains enabled by Chiral’s technology, as the company transitions from development into deployment with initial commercial systems being installed this year.

Efforts remain focused on strengthening automation, precision, and throughput while proving reliability and scalability in real-world environments, accelerating the industrial adoption of nanomaterials in advanced semiconductor and quantum devices.