Manufacturing the most powerful chips, 15x faster
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
San Francisco-based 2024 semiconductor startup building a next-generation lithography platform that uses laser wakefield acceleration and miniature particle accelerators to generate a high-power, tunable EUV/soft-X-ray light source for chip fabrication.
Primary product
Next-generation semiconductor lithography machine / high-power tunable light source
Founded
2024
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10
Industry
Semiconductor Manufacturing
Sub-industry
Semiconductor lithography equipment
Offices
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Business model
Stage
pre-seed
Total raised
$625K
Latest round
Pre-Seed · Apr 2025
Latest amount
$500K
Differentiators
Technology
Competitors
Estimated revenue
about $500K-$1M estimated ARR
Public coverage highlighted major execution risks: petawatt-class lasers are expensive and hard to operate reliably, and integrating a new LWFA light source with existing EUV scanners would require a broader new ecosystem of mirrors, metrology, and beam-shaping systems.
SourceLinkedIn · Jul 2026
Company post announcing DOE Genesis Mission Awardee status and collaboration with Berkeley Lab / BELLA ATAP.
TechSpot · Jun 2025
Explains Inversion Semiconductor's LWFA-based lithography concept, technical hurdles, and early interest from Tesla and Applied Materials.
eeNews Europe · May 2025
Profiles the startup, its 15x faster chipmaking pitch, LWFA approach, and San Francisco base.
Startup Intros · Mar 2025
Funding write-up describing a $500K seed round and naming Y Combinator, 500 Global, and 500 Falcons among the investors.
Y Combinator · Feb 2025
Launch page describing the product vision, BELLA-LUX collaboration, and early prototypes built in the YC office.