Founding Year2022TractionEnlightra has designed and built 8- and 16-channel lasers meeting customer specifications for AI chip interconnects, achieving error-free data transmission at target speeds and power levels. Pilot production is slated for 2027.Organizations InvolvedNVIDIA, Broadcom, Google, METAFoundersJohn Jost, Maxim KarpovMarketEnergy-efficient data transmissionLocationLausanne, SwitzerlandCoinvestorsY Combinator, Runa Capital, Pegasus Tech Ventures, Protocol Labs, Halo Labs, Asymmetry Ventures, TRAC VC Company Description
Enlightra is a Swiss-American deeptech startup building chip-scale multiwavelength lasers for next-generation data transmission, addressing the critical energy barrier limiting the scalability of modern AI by replacing power-hungry electrical data transmission with ultra-efficient optical communication.