With decades of experience in photonics design, our executive and engineering teams are delivering the world’s first open silicon photonics platform with integrated lasers.
You can improve the performance, power efficiency, and reliability of your design using the OpenLight platform for datacom, telecom, LiDAR, healthcare, HPC, AI, and optical computing applications. With over 200 patents and technology adoption by companies across industries, we’re bringing optical solutions to places they’ve never been before, and we’re enabling technologies that weren’t previously possible.
You can improve the performance, power efficiency, and reliability of your design using the OpenLight platform for datacom, telecom, LiDAR, healthcare, HPC, AI, and optical computing applications. With over 200 patents and technology adoption by companies across industries, we’re bringing optical solutions to places they’ve never been before, and we’re enabling technologies that weren’t previously possible.
Location: United States
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $34M
Founded date: 2022
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 26.08.2025 | Series A | $34M | New Legacy... |
Mentions in press and media 10
| Date | Title | Description |
| 26.08.2025 | Integrated photonics startup OpenLight gets $34M to design and build faster interconnects for AI chips Accelerating silicon photonics Long-term ambitions Send us a News Tip EXTRACT THE SIGNAL FROM THE... | Data center interconnect design and manufacturing startup OpenLight Photonics Inc. says it wants to accelerate the transition to silicon photonics after spinning out of its parent company Synopsys Inc. and closing on $34 million in Series A... |
| 26.08.2025 | OpenLight Raises $34M Series A to Scale Next-Gen Integrated Photonics for AI Data Centers | Series A co-led by Xora Innovation and Capricorn marks OpenLight's transition from a Synopsys subsidiary to a high-velocity, venture-backed company Covered by more than 360 patents, OpenLight's PDK gives customers access to a library of pas... |
| 07.03.2023 | OpenLight Introduces 224G InP-based Modulator to Advance PIC Designs for Datacom Market | New Modulator Increases Speed and Scale to 224G/λ for Future High-Speed Applications MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- OpenLight today announced that it developed and successfully demonstrated a 224G InP-based modulator a... |
| 06.03.2023 | OpenLight Introduces 224G InP-based Modulator to Advance PIC Designs for Datacom Market | New Modulator Increases Speed and Scale to 224G/λ for Future High-Speed Applications MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- OpenLight today announced that it developed and successfully demonstrated a 224G InP-based modulator a... |
| 03.03.2023 | OpenLight Announces Availability of First Process Design Kit Sampler to Accelerate Component Testing | New Product Offers Lab-Testing Flexibility and Enhances PIC Design Accuracy to Accelerate Time to Market MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- To enhance familiarity with process technologies and increase the accessibility of... |
| 18.01.2023 | OpenLight Appoints Dr. Adam Carter as Chief Executive Officer | Industry Veteran to Lead Company's Growth with Integrated Laser Open-Foundry Business MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- OpenLight, the world's first open silicon photonics technology with integrated lasers, today announce... |
| 15.12.2022 | OpenLight Unveils First 800G DR8 Photonic Integrated Circuit Design to Advance Global Datacenter Interconnect Industry | Fully validated design provides customers with a shortcut to create 800G DR8 transceivers and accelerate customer time to market for data center applications MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Delivering new levels of perf... |
| 23.11.2022 | OpenLight Announces Process Design Kit Availability with Industry's First Unified Electronic and Photonic Design Platform | New Offering Enables Fast, Accurate and Reliable Photonic IC Designs with On-Chip Laser Technology MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- To streamline the end-to-end design of photonic integrated circuits (PICs) and meet futu... |
| 06.06.2022 | OpenLight Unveils Brand Identity and Technology Portfolio to Usher in World's First Open Silicon Photonics Platform with Integrated Lasers | New Era of Laser Integration and Scalability Delivers Unparalleled Performance, Power Efficiency and Reliability MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Addressing the growing silicon photonics market requirements for improved p... |
| - | OpenLight | “OpenLight is the world-leader in custom, PASIC chip design and manufacture. OpenLight’s unique, integrated silicon photonics technology enables…” |