Enlightra news · Feb 2026
Accepted into NVIDIA Inception to support development of compact, energy-efficient optical interconnects using integrated silicon-nitride comb-laser engines and co-packaged optics platforms.
Multicolor lasers for ultrafast data transmission
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Swiss-American deeptech company building chip-scale multicolor comb-laser optical interconnects for AI clusters and data centers; public sources place headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, while some registries also list Rue de Lausanne 64 in Renens.
Primary product
ATLAS external-laser small form-factor pluggable (ELSFP) comb-laser module for co-packaged optics
Founded
2022
Headquarters
Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Team size
11-50
Industry
Telecommunications
Sub-industry
Integrated photonics / optical interconnects
Offices
0 jobs at Enlightra
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Business model
Stage
Later Stage VC
Total raised
$15.5M
Latest round
Later Stage VC · Dec 2025
Latest amount
$15M
Leadership
Co-CEO, Co-Founder
Co-CEO, Co-Founder
Head of Operations & Finance
Lead Physicist, Co-Founder
Lead Photonics Design Engineer
Business Development Lead
Alexey Feofanov
VP of Engineering
Investors
Messaging emphasizes a fast-moving, curious, collaborative team tackling meaningful deeptech problems; the team page highlights creativity, shared excitement for challenging work, and 'the bright side of science'.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
≈$1.5M ARR (estimated, 2024)
Estimated monthly visits
3.1K
Traffic estimate as of Jul 2026
Enlightra news · Feb 2026
Accepted into NVIDIA Inception to support development of compact, energy-efficient optical interconnects using integrated silicon-nitride comb-laser engines and co-packaged optics platforms.
Enlightra news · Dec 2025
Announced $15M in funding, a 25-person team, 8- and 16-channel lasers, and a 2027 pilot-production target for chip-scale multiwavelength laser links.
Enlightra news · Nov 2025
Reported a joint APL Photonics result with WinPhoS demonstrating a 262 TOPS photonic AI accelerator.
Enlightra news · Oct 2025
Showcased an O-band comb laser based on proprietary silicon-nitride ring-resonator technology and described readiness for ELSFP/CPO architectures.
Enlightra news · Jun 2025
Described installation of dual-microcomb technology at Universidad de Alcalá for EU-funded seismic-sensing work.