About HyperLight
HyperLight is a Cambridge, MA-based provider of thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) photonic integrated circuits (PICs), serving AI data centers, telecommunications, and cloud infrastructure. The company's proprietary TFLN Chiplet™ platform combines the superior optical properties of lithium niobate with scalable CMOS-like manufacturing to deliver unprecedented bandwidth and energy efficiency. HyperLight offers a full suite of TFLN-based products—including transmitter PICs, chiplets, and packaged modulators—alongside custom development and multi-project wafer services.
Company details
Funding
Total raised
$37M
Last stage
Series B
Investors
Founders
Christian Reimer
Mian Zhang
Former Harvard postdoc who co-founded HyperLight after developing chip-scale lithium niobate electro-optical modulators in Prof. Marko Loncar's lab.
LinkedInMarko Loncar
Harvard engineering professor renowned for work with difficult-to-fabricate optical materials; co-founded HyperLight based on TFLN research.
Cheng Wang
Co-founder of HyperLight; part of the original team that developed integrated chip-scale lithium niobate modulators at Harvard.
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