When was Luminous founded?

Luminous was founded in 2018 and raised its 1st funding round 1 year after it was founded.

Where is Luminous located?

Luminous is headquartered in Mountain View, United States. It is registered at Menlo Park, California.

Who is the current CEO of Luminous?

Marcus Gomez of Luminous. They have also founded 1 company.

How many employees does Luminous have?

As of May 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Luminous is 21.

Is Luminous a funded company?

Luminous is a funded company, having raised a total of $123M across 3 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Seed round, raised on 2019.

When was the latest funding round of Luminous?

Luminous' latest funding was a $***** Series A round on Mar 03, 2022, with participation from 9 investors.

Where does Luminous rank among its competitors?

Luminous ranks 2nd amongst 33 active competitors, of which 7 are funded. It stands 2nd in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Cornami, which secured $1.4M in Jul, 2025.

Who are the top competitors of Luminous?

Luminous' top competitors include Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Atos and Cornami. Among them, Cornami secured the most recent funding round in July, 2025.

Luminous - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Platform offering AI based supercomputers. It allows to build AI based supercomputers with necessary computing, memory, and bandwidth feature. It uses computer aided engineering tools to generate new ideas.

Website: luminous.com
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Email ID: *****@luminous.com
Phone Number: +1 **********
Registered Address: Menlo Park, California

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2018

Location

Mountain View, United States

Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$123M in 3 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series A, Mar 03, 2022, $*****

Investors

Neo & 17 more

Ranked

2^nd among 33 active competitors

Employee Count

21 as on May 31, 2026

Similar Companies

Hewlett Packard Enterprise & 38 more

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Luminous is associated with 3 legal entities given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
LUMINOUS COMPUTING, INC. CIN: 83-1065885 , United States, Active	Jun 25, 2018	-	25 (As on Dec 31, 2020)	-
LUMINOUS COMPUTING CIN: 831065885 , United States, Active	Dec 26, 999	-	103 (As on Dec 31, 2022)	-
LUMINOUS CIN: 40203082675 , Latvia, Active	Jul 21, 2017	$125 (As on Dec 31, 2018)	1 (As on Dec 31, 2018)	-

Luminous has raised a total funding of $123M over 3 rounds. Its first funding round was on 2019. Its latest funding round was a Series A round on Mar 03, 2022 for $*****. 9 investors participated in its latest round. Luminous has 16 institutional investors and 2 angel investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Luminous:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Mar 03, 2022	4228906	Series A	9806680	6626234	9791272	7684304
Jul 08, 2020	8819472	Series A	5156685	4289614	1807182	4704390
2019	4893	Seed	8247	2280	Gigafund & 6 more	Jeff Schox

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The founders of Luminous are Mitchell Nahmias, Michael Gao and Marcus Gomez. Marcus Gomez is the CEO of Luminous.

Here are the details of Luminous' key team members:

Mitchell Nahmias: Former Co-Founder of Luminous and founder of 2 other companies, Sphere Semi and Luminous.
Contact Info: 1 email address
Michael Gao: Former Co-Founder of Luminous and founder of 1 other company.
Marcus Gomez: Co-Founder & CEO of Luminous and founder of 1 other company.

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Luminous' employee count trend

Luminous has 21 employees as of May 26. Here is Luminous's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Luminous include Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Atos and Cornami. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Luminous, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Hewlett Packard Enterprise 2015, Houston (United States), Public	Provider of edge-to-cloud solutions, products, and services for enterprise organizations	-	Draper Athena, Kleiner Perkins & 2 others	79/100
2nd	Luminous 2018, Mountain View (United States), Series A	Platform offering AI based supercomputers	$123M	BoxGroup, MVP Ventures & 16 others	66/100
3rd	Atos 2000, Irving (United States), Acquired	Provider of digital transformation services including cloud, cybersecurity, and data solutions	-	Venionaire Capital, Worldline & 10 others	62/100
4th	Cornami 2012, Santa Clara (United States), Series D	Provider of AI-powered microprocessors for parallel computing applications	$212M	SoftBank Vision Fund, Applied Materials & 10 others	58/100
5th	Iagon 2017, Hamar (Norway), Seed	Decentralized Supercomputers solutions	$3.4M	Ledgerlink Labs, Alphabit & 11 others	50/100
6th	UPMEM 2015, Grenoble (France), Series B	Processing units embedded in DRAM for data intensive applications	$7.98M	C4 Ventures, EIC Fund & 7 others	45/100
7th	PSSC Labs 1986, Lake (United States), Unfunded	Hardware solutions to deploy big data, data center & cloud and high-performance computing systems	-	-	42/100
8th	Koi Computers 1995, Downers Grove (United States), Unfunded	Provider of HPC processors and servers	-	-	42/100
9th	Linux Networx 1989, Brigham City (United States), Acquired	Linux high performance computing for compute, storage, and visualization solutions	$87M	Tudor, Oak Investment Partners & 4 others	41/100
10th	Cloudam 2019, Shenzhen (China), Series B	Platform offering cloud high performance computing solutions	$1.54M	Shenzhen Toposcend Capital, Plum Ventures ... & 3 others	35/100