Lightmatter
The photonic (super)computer company.
Boston, United States · Founded 2017 · $742.0M raised
- Headquarters
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Employees
- 201–500
- Founded
- 2017
- Business Model
- B2B
- Website
- lightmatter.co
- Total Funding
- $742.0M
- Last Round
- $400.0M Series DOct 2024
- Rounds
- 5
Totals include recorded grants and other qualifying funding, not just equity. What counts toward funding.
About
Lightmatter is a photonic computing company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The company merges photonics and computing to build next-generation AI infrastructure, using light instead of electricity to move data faster and more efficiently. Lightmatter's flagship product, Passage M1000, is a wafer-scale programmable photonic interconnect that enables arrays of heterogeneous chips to communicate with unprecedented bandwidth and energy efficiency.
Summary
Lightmatter is an Artificial Intelligence company based in Boston, United States, founded in 2017. It has raised $742.0M in total across 5 rounds, most recently a $400.0M Series D round in Oct 2024. Investors include GV, T. Rowe Price and Fidelity Management.
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Funding History
Oct 2024
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Funding: Series A through Series D. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.
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