Aylight (Pre-seed)
Funding Details
Awarder
SemiNews
Date Award
July 6, 2026
Vertical
Photonics
Funding URL
View Funding Page
Funding Amount
$4,500,000
Company Info
Founding Year
2025
Traction
The funding takes Aylight's laser from a research result to first prototypes, manufactured in a semiconductor foundry. The company is now hiring across core tech roles.
Founders
Dmitry Kazakov, Bahareh Marzban
Market
AI data-center optical interconnects and high-precision FMCW sensing
Location
Zürich, Switzerland
Coinvestors
Elaia, Swisscom Ventures, Verve Ventures, Plug and Play
Company Description

Aylight AG develops chip-scale multiwavelength lasers for AI data-center optical interconnects and high-precision FMCW sensing. The company is commercializing a frequency-modulated comb (FM comb) architecture that produces many precisely spaced wavelengths from a single chip.

Links
Website
Back to HomeBack to Photonics DealsView Funding Announcement