Scotland-based Cnuic has secured €3 million in pre-seed funding, led by Tensor Ventures and Blank Space Ventures, to advance its novel photolithography device for photonic chips. This funding represents Cnuic's first external investment and will be used to further develop their technology, which promises rapid, reconfigurable production of photonic chips with enhanced 3D control. The company aims to revolutionize data center efficiency and accelerate AI model training by overcoming current manufacturing complexities and costs in the photonic chip industry.