About Lucidean
Lucidean is a Santa Barbara-based AI interconnect company developing coherent optical links for data centers and AI infrastructure. Its flagship CohZero™ architecture delivers coherent-class reach and signal integrity at IMDD-like power and cost, targeting 3.2 Tbps and 6.4 Tbps transceivers for AI-driven fabrics and data-center interconnects. The company combines photonic and electronic integrated circuits to increase bandwidth and reduce power consumption for hyperscalers and data center operators.
Company details
Funding
Total raised
$18M
Last stage
Seed
Investors
Founders
Hector Andrade
Co-founder and Co-CTO of Lucidean; previously researcher at UC Santa Barbara in compound-semiconductor photonics and advanced optical link design.
Aaron Maharry
Co-founder and Co-CTO of Lucidean; researcher with background in coherent optical systems from UC Santa Barbara.
Clint Schow
Academic co-founder of Lucidean; professor and researcher at UC Santa Barbara in photonics and optical interconnects.
Dr. Hector Andrade
Co-founder and Co-CTO of Lucidean, bringing expertise in compound-semiconductor photonics and advanced optical link design.
Dr. Aaron Maharry
Co-founder and Co-CTO of Lucidean, specializing in photonics and optical link design for data center and AI networks.
Dr. Clint Schow
Academic co-founder of Lucidean; academic expert in photonics affiliated with UC Santa Barbara.
What happens next.
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.