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Lightmatter
Develops photonic interconnect technology for AI data centres.
Company profile
Lightmatter combines photonics and computing to develop technology for AI infrastructure. Lightmatter websitedigitimes
Its hardware includes optical switches, co-packaged optics and optical modules designed for AI clusters. NotebookcheckThe Futurum Groupdigitimes
- Founded
- 2017
- Founders
- Not publicly reported
- Headquarters
- Mountain View
- Chief executive
- Not publicly reported
- Employees
- Not publicly reported
- Ownership
- Not publicly reported
- Total funding
- Not publicly reported
- Latest funding round
- Not publicly reported
- Valuation
- Not publicly reported
- Revenue
- Not publicly reported
Drawn from Wikidata, Wikipedia, the company's own site and news and web sources; each figure links to its source. Researched Oct 19, 2026.
Latest news
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Lightmatter Links with ODMs to Pave a Glide Path for CPO
Lightmatter and Flex Bring 204.8 Tbps Co-Packaged Optics Into Open Racks
Lightmatter packs a 204.8 Tbps optical switch into a single rack unit
Lightmatter reveals plans for its new technologies
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Lightmatter launches an optical module that cuts AI cluster fiber in half
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