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HyperLight, founded in 2018 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, develops high-performance integrated photonic chips based on thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) technology, providing high-speed, low-power optical interconnects for AI data centers.
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Funding history
- 2026-06-18Series C$80M
Investors · MediaTek, UMC Capital, CDIB-TEN Capital, Summit Partners, Foothill Ventures, Jabil, Foxconn, EDBI, The Engine, Xora Innovation, QIASource · businesswire.com ↗
- 2024-09Series B$37M
Investors · Foothill Ventures, Xora Innovation, Summit PartnersSource · SVTR Weekly #072 ↗
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BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- HyperLight
Thin-film lithium niobate integrated photonic chips (AI optical interconnect)
Series C · $117M · 2026-06
$117M
United States
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Ayar Labs
Provides co-packaged optics (CPO) interconnect chips for AI data center accelerator clusters…
Series D+ · $1.0B · 2026-09 · Valuation $3.8B
$1.0BValuation $3.8B - Mesh Optical Technologies
Optical networking hardware for AI data centers, mass-producing high-performance optical transceivers for high-speed server-to-GPU interconnects.
Series A · $50M · 2026-02
$50M - CScale
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Series C · $188M · 2026-09
$188M
China
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- 光联芯科
Chip-to-chip optical interconnect interface chips
Series A · $70M · 2026-06
$70M - Crealights
Develops and manufactures silicon photonics chips, high-speed optical modules and optoelectronic interconnect products for AI data centers.
IPO · $181M · 2026-06 · Valuation $2.3B
$181MValuation $2.3B - Ligent Technologies
Full-stack supplier of optical communications and optical connectivity that develops and mass-produces optical chips and 800G/1.6T data center optical…
IPO · $150M · 2026-09 · Valuation $4.1B
$150MValuation $4.1B
Europe
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Scintil Photonics
Integrated photonic chips for high-bandwidth AI infrastructure
Series B · $70M · 2025-09
$70M - Black Semiconductor
Its products integrate graphene-based photonic interconnect technology
Series A · $275M · 2024-06
$275M - Vitrealab
Photonic chips/Quantum Light Chip and light engines for AR displays
Series A · $108M · 2026-01
$108M
Other / unspecified
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- DustPhotonics
High-speed optical interconnect products for data center and AI applications
Series B · $24M · 2024-02
$24M - Solinide Photonics
Silicon nitride photonic integrated chips and integrated frequency combs for AI data centers and telecom
Seed · 2026-08
— - Quantum Source Labs
Large-scale, practical quantum computers built with photonic technology
Series A · $50M · 2024-09
$50M
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