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Modular. Scalable. Silicon Photonics. Guaranteed.

OpenLight’s PASIC technology is modular, scalable and guaranteed.

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OpenLight Raises $34M

In a Series A to scale next-generation integrated photonics for AI data centers

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400G per lane modulators

Integrated silicon photonics platform for next-generation, 3.2T datacoms and AI applications.

3.5db extinction ratio in PAM-4 and 0.6 volts peak-to-peak.

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1.6T PASIC platform

OpenLight’s 1.6T PASIC platform for next-generation, hyperscale datacenters.

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$34 Million series A

OpenLight's series A funding round for silicon photonics innovation was co-led by Xora Innovation and Capricorn Investment

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OpenLight is the world-leader in custom, PASIC chip design and manufacture. OpenLight’s unique, integrated silicon photonics technology enables next-generation PASIC designs, where the passive and active elements are built in to the silicon. We offer three prime services for our customers:

Design Enablement

OpenLight enables customers to design their own PASIC using OpenLight’s Process Design Kit (PDK).

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PASIC Design Enablement

Inhouse Design

OpenLight will design and build your PASIC for you. OpenLight’s inhouse engineers provide custom PASIC design and layout services to help with customer’s PASIC chip and device development.

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PASIC Inhouse Design

Production

OpenLight will manufacture your PASIC for you through our partners. We will guarantee the production and operation of that PASIC, giving customers confidence to take on designing their own PASICs.

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OpenLight’s unique technology

OpenLight’s unique technology enables PASICs to be designed and manufactured with all the passive and active elements onboard. The resulting PASIC demonstrates next-level improvements in:

Performance

Performance.

Low latency and power is standard in OpenLight’s unique PASIC.

Reliability

Reliability.

Production simplicity is core to OpenLight’s PASIC reliability.

Value

Value.

Lower costs by integrating active and passive components on the OpenLight PASIC.

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OpenLight Sponsors the Tower Semiconductor, Technical Global Symposium TGS 2025
Nov 2025

OpenLight Sponsors the Tower Semiconductor, Technical Global Symposium TGS 2025

TGS 2025 will be held on 18 November in Santa Clara and attended by OpenLight’s leadership and commercial teams.

OpenLight Sponsors the Tower Semiconductor, Technical Global Symposium TGS 2025
OpenLight to Present on Heterogeneous Integration of Silicon and III-V Materials for Optical Interconnects and LiDAR at ISPEC 2025
Nov 2025

OpenLight to Present on Heterogeneous Integration of Silicon and III-V Materials for Optical Interconnects and LiDAR at ISPEC 2025

OpenLight’s Dr. Molly Piels joins exclusive cohort of leading experts and will examine recent advances to enable the manufacturing of photonic…

OpenLight to Present on Heterogeneous Integration of Silicon and III-V Materials for Optical Interconnects and LiDAR at ISPEC 2025
Hanxing Shi and Steven Alleston are invited speakers at the ACP 2025 conference in China
Nov 2025

Hanxing Shi and Steven Alleston are invited speakers at the ACP 2025 conference in China

The Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP 2025), 5–8 November 2025 is held in Suzhou, China, hosted by Soochow University. Lillian Chen,…

Hanxing Shi and Steven Alleston are invited speakers at the ACP 2025 conference in China

Upcoming Events

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ISPEC 2025
11/17/2025–11/18/2025 Institute of Science, Tokyo Molly Piels is an invited speaker at the International Symposium on Photonics and Electronics Convergence
ISPEC 2025
Tower, Technical Global Symposium (TGS) USA
11/18/2025–11/18/2025 Santa Clara, CA Tower Semiconductor symposium covering the latest semiconductor technology developments
Tower, Technical Global Symposium (TGS) USA