Corintis
Category: AI Infrastructure
Corintis provides in-chip microfluidic cooling solutions for high-performance electronics. Corintis was founded in 2022. The company is led by Remco van Erp. Based in Lausanne, Switzerland. Team size: 11-50. Total funding raised: $58 million. Latest round: Series A. Key investors include ["BlueYard Capital","Founderful","Acequia Capital","Celsius Industries","XTX Ventures","Lip-Bu Tan","Applied Digital","AICONIC VENTURES","Climb Ventures","A&E Investments","Project Switzerland"].
- Founded
- 2022
- Headquarters
- Lausanne, Switzerland
- Team size
- 11-50
- Total funding
- $58 million
Value proposition
Enabling the next generation of high-performance computing by providing significantly more efficient and powerful chip cooling solutions, leading to reduced energy consumption.
Products and solutions
["Silicon microfluidic cooling solutions"]
Unique value
Bio-inspired, in-chip microfluidic cooling technology that integrates cooling directly into the silicon chip, enabling co-design of cooling and logic.
Target customer
Semiconductor manufacturers (CPUs, GPUs, AI accelerators) and data centers.
Industries served
["Semiconductors","Data Centers"]
Technology advantage
Provides a large increase in heat extraction power and substantial improvements in energy efficiency compared to traditional cooling methods, breaking thermal limitations of current chip designs.
How they differentiate
Direct-to-chip microfluidic cooling with etched channels on silicon enabling more efficient and localized cooling than conventional cold plates; significant reductions in peak silicon temperatures.
Main competitors
["CoolIT Systems","Liquid Stack","Iceotope"]
Key partnerships
["Microsoft","Intel (Intel Ignite accelerator program)","Applied Digital"]
Notable customers
["Microsoft"]
Major milestones
["Raised a $24 million Series A funding round in September 2025.","Established a collaboration with Microsoft to develop and implement their in-chip cooling technology.","Appointed industry figures (Lip-Bu Tan, Geoff Lyon) to its board and exited stealth mode.","Raised $25 million Series A1 round led by Applied Digital in December 2025, bringing total funding to $58M.","Awarded #1 Swiss Startup of 2025.","Opened offices in Bellevue, WA (US) and Munich, Germany."]
Growth metrics
Specific growth metrics such as revenue or customer count are not publicly available.
Market positioning
Positioned as a deep-tech startup solving thermal bottlenecks for HPC and AI markets; collaborating with large partners (e.g., Microsoft) as an innovator in in-chip cooling.
Geographic focus
Headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland with primary focus on European and North American markets.
Patents and IP
Not publicly disclosed
About Remco van Erp
Background in mechanical engineering with a PhD from EPFL focused on microfluidic cooling for high-performance electronics; doctoral and scientific assistant at EPFL; visiting researcher at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; internship at ASML.
Official website: https://corintis.com/