
Lightelligence is a leading optical computing innovator founded in 2017, specializing in photonic computing solutions that dramatically increase computing speed and reduce energy consumption. The company develops advanced products such as Photowave, an optical communications hardware for disaggregated AI memory applications compatible with PCIe 5.0/6.0 and CXL 2.0/3.0, and Hummingbird, a system-in-package AI inference accelerator with optical network-on-chip technology. Lightelligence's technology leverages integrated photonics to address interconnect challenges in AI and computing, offering significant latency and power efficiency benefits. The company has a global team of over 200 engineers and has established partnerships with semiconductor, cloud computing, finance, and autonomous driving industries. It has received multiple industry recognitions and continues to innovate with products available worldwide.

Lightelligence is a leading optical computing innovator founded in 2017, specializing in photonic computing solutions that dramatically increase computing speed and reduce energy consumption. The company develops advanced products such as Photowave, an optical communications hardware for disaggregated AI memory applications compatible with PCIe 5.0/6.0 and CXL 2.0/3.0, and Hummingbird, a system-in-package AI inference accelerator with optical network-on-chip technology. Lightelligence's technology leverages integrated photonics to address interconnect challenges in AI and computing, offering significant latency and power efficiency benefits. The company has a global team of over 200 engineers and has established partnerships with semiconductor, cloud computing, finance, and autonomous driving industries. It has received multiple industry recognitions and continues to innovate with products available worldwide.
Founded: 2017
Headquarters: Boston, Massachusetts
Core tech: Photonic / optical computing for AI and data-center infrastructure
Notable products: Photowave, PACE, oNOC, Hummingbird
Reported total funding: USD 36,000,000 (as of 2020-04-07)
AI infrastructure, data-center interconnects, high-performance inference/compute
2017
Photonic / optical computing, AI infrastructure
Series A reported in April 2020; amount not specified in provided evidence.