iPronics CEO Daniel Pérez-López, a co-founder and the company’s former chief technology officer, will lead the optical switching business as it prepares for commercial rollout in AI data centers. The company announced his appointment on October 26, 2026, alongside the naming of investor and board member Geoffrey Tate as chairman.

Key Takeaways

  • The leadership changes follow a $125 million Series B funding round that included NVIDIA.
  • iPronics is expanding its teams and operations in Spain, Taiwan and California to support its rollout.

iPronics CEO takes over after funding round

Pérez-López co-founded iPronics and specializes in reconfigurable photonic integrated circuits. Amelia Armour, a partner at investor Amadeus Capital Partners, thanked Christian Dupont for leading the company for the previous two years, a period that culminated in the Series B round.

Tate, who was already an iPronics board member and investor, previously served as founding CEO of Rambus. He also sits on the board of Ayar Labs, which is developing co-packaged optics.

Optical switches and expansion plans

iPronics makes optical circuit switching systems based on silicon photonics for AI infrastructure. Its iPronics ONE platform provides programmable optical connections within and across data-center racks, with controls that allow those connections to be reconfigured.

To support its commercial rollout, the company is scaling its development center in Valencia, Spain, expanding supply-chain and operations capability in Taiwan, and building its executive and customer-facing teams in Santa Clara, California.

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