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Stay up to date with our latest product releases, technology milestones and breakthroughs powering Enlightra's technology.
Meeting AI Data Demands: Enlightra Featured in Yokogawa Customer Story
How can next-generation frequency comb lasers help meet the rapidly growing data demands of AI data centers? A new customer story explores how Enlightra utilizes Yokogawa optical spectrum analyzers to validate our compact, energy-efficient comb lasers and bring them from R&D to real-world deployment.
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Momentum in the Alpine Tech Cluster: The 2026 Swiss Deep Tech Report
Switzerland's "Alpine Tech Cluster" is experiencing a record-breaking year for innovation and funding. Discover the insights from the newly released Swiss Deep Tech Report 2026 and learn why Enlightra is proud to be recognized on the exclusive watchlist for the "Future of Compute."
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Advancing Neuromorphic Computing: Enlightra Hosts GATEPOST Consortium Meeting
Enlightra recently welcomed international partners from Belgium, Germany, and Greece to our headquarters near Lac Léman for the latest GATEPOST project consortium meeting. Together, we reviewed promising graphene technology measurements and finalized ambitious designs for next-generation optical computing demonstrators.
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A Collaborative Milestone in Photonic Research
Our team has successfully collaborated on a novel integrated photonic tensor processor capable of deep neural network inference, packaged in a standard 19-inch rack with a PyTorch interface. Read below to learn how Enlightra’s self-injection-locked microcomb technology is helping pave the way for scalable, ultra-high-speed optical AI accelerators.
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Enlightra joins the NVIDIA Inception program to accelerate AI optical interconnects
Enlightra has been accepted into the NVIDIA Inception Program, an initiative from NVIDIA supporting startups advancing AI, high-performance computing, and data centre technologies. The program brings together companies developing the core infrastructure required to scale next-generation AI systems. For Enlightra, this aligns directly with our mission: enabling compact, energy-efficient optical interconnects using our integrated silicon nitride comb-laser engines and co-packaged optics platforms.
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Enlightra emerges from stealth with $15M to build the future of energy-efficient laser links for AI and data centers
Lausanne, Switzerland – Dec. 18, 2025 — Enlightra, a Swiss-American deeptech startup building chip-scale multiwavelength lasers for next-generation data transmission, today announced it has raised a total of $15 million in funding to tackle the biggest bottleneck in AI infrastructure: fast and energy efficient data transfer.
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Powering the Future of Hyperdimensional Computing: How Enlightra Microcombs Enabled a 262 TOPS Photonic Engine
Enlightra proudly announces a significant breakthrough in the field of optical computing, achieved in close collaboration with the WinPhoS Research Group (Greece). In a paper recently published in APL Photonics, the joint team experimentally demonstrated a photonic AI accelerator capable of achieving a computational speed of 262 Tera Operations Per Second (TOPS).
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Enlightra Demonstrates O-Band Comb Laser for AI Optical Interconnects at ECOC 2025
At this year’s European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2025), Enlightra showcased its O-band comb laser, integrating a precision pump source with Enlightra’s proprietary silicon-nitride (SiN) ring-resonator technology. The demonstration highlighted the exceptional stability and spectral uniformity of Enlightra’s platform, confirming its readiness for energy-efficient, high-capacity optical interconnects in next-generation AI and GPU systems.
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Enlightra x ECSTATIC
In a cross-European effort to advance seismic sensing, Enlightra’s dual-microcomb technology has taken its first steps in Spain. Installed at Universidad de Alcalá, the system is now undergoing testing for high-resolution interferometry, marking a key milestone in the EU-funded ECSTATIC project.
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Enlightra x Nokia Bell Labs
Enlightra and Nokia Bell Labs have joined forces to rethink optical transmitters, unveiling a comb-based WDM design that removes the need for wavelength tuning. Recognized with a prestigious post-deadline paper at OFC 2025, this work showcases the power of integrated photonics for the next generation of high-capacity communication systems.
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Enlightra x DARPA-funded GRYPHON project
Enlightra advances ultra-stable optical frequency combs for DARPA’s GRYPHON project, integrating crystalline microresonators with photonic wire bonds to achieve record-low phase noise and pave the way for next-gen frequency references.
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