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OpenLight

OpenLight makes it easier for engineers and companies to build high-performance photonic chips by providing a modular silicon photonics platform and related services. The company designs and…

AIDatacomHyperscale DatacentersOptical ComputingPASICPhotonic Integrated CircuitsSilicon PhotonicsTelecomopenlightphotonics.com

OpenLight

OpenLight makes it easier for engineers and companies to build high-performance photonic chips by providing a modular silicon photonics platform and related services. The company designs and…

AIDatacomHyperscale DatacentersOptical ComputingPASICPhotonic Integrated CircuitsSilicon PhotonicsTelecomopenlightphotonics.com

HQGoleta, US

Team Size46

Open Jobs3

Total Funding$91M

Latest Fundraise2 months ago

TL;DR

What they do: Design and manufacture Photonic Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (PASICs) and provide a silicon photonics PDK, design services, and manufacturing via licensed foundries.

Founded: 2022

Headquarters: Goleta, California

Latest disclosed funding: $50M Series A-1 (April 2026) and prior $34M Series A (Aug 2025)

Tech / Markets: Heterogeneous integration silicon photonics for datacom, telecom, AI/HPC, LiDAR, healthcare, and sensing

Company Overview

Problem Domain

Reducing complexity and time-to-production for custom high-performance photonic integrated circuits across datacom, telecom, sensing, AI/HPC, and optical computing.

Founded

2022

Industry

Semiconductor Manufacturing

Tech Stack

Process Design Kit (PDK)

Heterogeneous silicon photonics integration

PASIC design workflows

Funding Track Record

Series A- 2025-08-26

$34,000,000

Described as an oversubscribed Series A; other participants included Mayfield, Juniper Networks (now part of HPE), Lam Capital, New Legacy Ventures, and K2 Access.

Series A-1- 2026-04-28

$50,000,000

Announced April 2026.

Investor Signal

“Backed by strategic and institutional investors including Xora Innovation, Capricorn Investment Group, Mayfield, Juniper Networks (now part of HPE), Lam Capital, New Legacy Group, K2 Access Fund, and others.”

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OpenLight

OpenLight

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