When was Hyperlight founded?

Hyperlight was founded in 2018 and raised its 1st funding round 6 years after it was founded.

Where is Hyperlight located?

Hyperlight is headquartered in Cambridge, United States.

Who is the current CEO of Hyperlight?

Mian Zhang of Hyperlight. They have also founded 1 company.

How many employees does Hyperlight have?

As of Jul 01, 2024, the latest employee count at Hyperlight is 15.

Is Hyperlight a funded company?

Hyperlight is a funded company, having raised a total of $90M across 2 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Series B round, raised on Sep 23, 2024.

When was the latest funding round of Hyperlight?

Hyperlight's latest funding was a $***** Series C round on Apr 02, 2026, with participation from 0 investor.

Where does Hyperlight rank among its competitors?

Hyperlight ranks 2nd amongst 10 active competitors, of which 2 are funded. It stands 1st in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Hyperlight, which secured $37M in Sep, 2024.

Who are the top competitors of Hyperlight?

Hyperlight's top competitors include IonQ, Optoscribe and Ephos. Among them, Hyperlight secured the most recent funding round in April, 2026.

Hyperlight - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Developer of transmitter PICs, chiplets, and packaged modulators for optical networking. The company manufactures known-good-dies (KGD) on the TFLN Chiplet platform suitable for PAM/IMDD and coherent applications. It offers intensity modulation/direct detection (IMDD) PICs for pluggable transceivers and dual-polarization IQ (DPIQ) transmitter PICs for DCI and long-haul communications. Additionally, the company provides customized transmitter chiplets tailored for specific integration schemes and applications, along with packaged electro-optic amplitude, phase, and IQ modulators. The company's products cater to AI, Datacom, Telecom, test and measurement, quantum systems, and emerging applications. It also offers custom development partnerships and multi-project wafer (MPW) runs.

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Key Metrics

Founded Year

2018

Location

Cambridge, United States

Stage

Series C

Total Funding

$90M in 2 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series C, Apr 02, 2026, $*****

Investors

Summit Partners & 4 more

Ranked

2^nd among 10 active competitors

Employee Count

15 as on Jul 01, 2024

Similar Companies

IonQ & 8 more

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Hyperlight has raised a total funding of $90M over 2 rounds. Its first funding round was on Sep 23, 2024. Hyperlight has 5 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Hyperlight:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Apr 02, 2026	4091412	Series C	7862840	2897077	9411314	6039368
Sep 23, 2024	9044327	Series B	9566566	8684977	Summit Partners	Xora Innovation & 1 more

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The founders of Hyperlight are Mian Zhang and Kevin Luke. Mian Zhang is the CEO of Hyperlight.

Here are the details of Hyperlight's key team members:

Mian Zhang: Co-Founder & CEO of Hyperlight. They serve on the board of 1 company.
Contact Info: 1 email address
Kevin Luke: Co-founder and Head of Technology Development of Hyperlight.

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Hyperlight's employee count trend

Hyperlight has 15 employees as of Jul 24. Here is Hyperlight's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Hyperlight include IonQ, Optoscribe and Ephos. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Hyperlight, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	IonQ 2015, College Park (United States), Public	Provider of cloud and trapped ion technology-based universal quantum computers	$86M	New Enterprise Associates, Google Ventures ... & 23 others	76/100
2nd	Hyperlight 2018, Cambridge (United States), Series C	Developer of transmitter PICs, chiplets, and packaged modulators for optical networking	$90M	Summit Partners, UMC Capital & 3 others	62/100
3rd	Optoscribe 2010, Livingston (United Kingdom), Acquired	Developer of 3D glass-based photonic integrated circuits	$15.1M	Archangels, Wellfound & 11 others	50/100
4th	Ephos 2022, Milan (Italy), Seed	Developer of photonic chips for quantum applications	$12.5M	Starlight Ventures, Green Sands Equity & 9 others	45/100
5th	Onyx Optics 1992, United States, Funding Raised	Manufacturer of glass components for solid-state lasers	-	Military Health	27/100
6th	Wuxi Hongchang Communication Material 2013, Wuxi (China), Unfunded	Developer of fiber glass	-	-	24/100
7th	Zweckverband Kreisbreitband Ludwigsburg (Germany), Unfunded	Developer of glass fiber	-	-	24/100
8th	Yüzey Cam 1965, Istanbul (Turkey), Unfunded	Manufacturer of optical filters	-	-	24/100
9th	Lightium-CraftingLightShapingTheFuture 2024, Schlieren (Switzerland), Funding Raised	Developer of photonic devices using thin-film lithium niobate foundry platform	-	Lakestar	20/100
10th	La Luce Cristallina 2022, Austin (United States), Funding Raised	Manufacturer of barium titanate wafers for silicon photonics applications	-	National Science Foundation	19/100