OpenLight (Series A-1)
Funding Details
Awarder
SemiNews
Date Award
April 28, 2026
Vertical
Photonics
Funding Amount
$50,000,000
Company Info
Traction
More than 25 companies use the OpenLight PDK to design and fabricate PASICs across a broad range of applications.
Market
AI infrastructure, telecommunications, sensing, quantum computing
Location
Santa Clara, California, United States
Coinvestors
Acclimate Ventures, Catapult Ventures, Xora Innovation, Capricorn Investment Group, Mayfield, New Legacy
Company Description

OpenLight is the world leader in custom Photonic Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (PASIC) design leveraging its patented heterogeneous silicon photonics process, enabling high-performance, energy-efficient photonics solutions across datacom, telecom, automotive, AI, and quantum computing applications.

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