OpenLight

Custom photonic chips for next-gen optics

Series A
Santa Clara, USA
Founded 2020

About

OpenLight, founded in 2020, designs and develops application-specific photonic integrated circuits (PASIC) to accelerate optical solutions deployment in high-growth sectors such as AI, cybersecurity, cloud, and enterprise technologies. The company leverages a deep patent portfolio to deliver custom silicon photonics chips that enable faster, more efficient optical data transmission. OpenLight operates on a B2B model, working with data centers and large enterprises to scale integrated photonics for their critical infrastructure needs, enhancing speed and efficiency in data communication.

Products

  • PASIC platform — Scalable silicon photonics platform enabling design and manufacture of 3.2Tbps and 1.6Tbps photonic application-specific integrated circuits.
    Customer sectors: telecom operators, datacenter operators, silicon photonics designers
  • PASIC Design Enablement — Enables customers to design their own PASIC using OpenLight's Process Design Kit (PDK).
    Customer sectors: chip designers, photonics engineers, fabless semiconductor companies
  • PASIC Inhouse Design service — OpenLight designs and builds custom PASICs for customers using inhouse engineering expertise.
    Customer sectors: chip designers, system integrators, telecom equipment vendors
  • PASIC Production service — Manufactures customer PASICs with guaranteed production quality and operational reliability.
    Customer sectors: hardware manufacturers, telecom operators, datacenter operators
  • 3.2T and 1.6T silicon photonics solutions — High-performance silicon photonics solutions delivering 3.2Tbps and 1.6Tbps optical connectivity.
    Customer sectors: telecom operators, datacenter operators, network equipment vendors

Market research & competitive positioning

Source-backed TAM / SAM / SOM sizing, displacement analysis, and an interactive peer positioning map for OpenLight — available to members.

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