HyperLight
hyperlightcorp.com
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Optical Communications
Optics & Photonic Components
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$80M
1 round on record
Latest round
$80M
Series C · Jun 2026 · 3 mo ago
Team
201-500
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
16
+6 posted in 30 days
Backers
2
Engine Ventures, Summit Partners
The money's age
Fresh money
3 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
35/100
hiring for its size, fresh money
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jun 18
Raised a round Series C $80M · Business Wire
Mar 12
Launched HyperLight Introduces 145 GHz Reference Modulators to Enable 448Gbps per Lane Datacom and 260GBaud Telecom Development · Business Wire
Sep 30, 2025
Launched HyperLight Introduces 110 GHz Reference IQ Modulators covering optical O, C and L wavelength bands for 240 GBaud Class Applications · Business Wire
Mar 25, 2025
Launched HyperLight Launches TFLN Chiplet Platform with Scalable 6-Inch Production and 8-Inch Expansion for Next-Gen AI and Photonics Infrastructure · Business Wire
2018
Founded
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Web presence
top 6%
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Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series C | Jun 2026 | $80M | — | Business Wire |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | HYPERLIGHT SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. | registry |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Mian ZhangExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Linda SunExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
Engine Ventures 
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How HyperLight hires
Truth index
A 95/100
Median time to fill
140 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%
HyperLight scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 15 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 140 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Overview
HyperLight is a photonics company spun out of Harvard University that designs and produces electro-optic photonic integrated circuits based on thin-film lithium niobate. Its modulators and chip platform target high-speed optical communications, data centre interconnects and quantum and sensing applications, with operations in Taiwan and Singapore. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
News
HyperLight Announces $80 Million Series C to Accelerate TFLN Deployment for AI Infrastructure
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HyperLight Introduces 400G-per-lane PICs on its TFLN Chiplet Platform for Next-Generation AI Interconnects
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HyperLight Demonstrates Low-Power 1.6T-DR8 TFLN-based Reference Transceiver Assembled by TFC
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HyperLight Introduces 145 GHz Reference Modulators to Enable 448Gbps per Lane Datacom and 260GBaud Telecom Development
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HyperLight, UMC, and Wavetek Announce Strategic Partnership for High-Volume Foundry Production of TFLN Chiplet Platform
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HyperLight Accelerates Growth with $37M Funding Led by Summit Partners
HyperLight Corporation, a leading provider of thin film lithium niobate (TFLN) photonic integrated circuits (PICs), today announced a US$37 million Series B investment led by Summit Partners.
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HyperLight Introduces 110 GHz Reference IQ Modulators covering optical O, C and L wavelength bands for 240 GBaud Class Applications
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HyperLight Launches TFLN Chiplet Platform with Scalable 6-Inch Production and 8-Inch Expansion for Next-Gen AI and Photonics Infrastructure
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HyperLight Launches 110GHz Intensity Modulator with Record low Vπ, Leveraging Its TFLN Chiplet Platform
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HyperLight Announces Thin-film Lithium Niobate Transmitter Chips Supporting Energy Efficient 1.6 Tbps Transceiver Modules
HyperLight, the leading provider of end-to-end photonic integrated circuits (PIC) solutions using thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) technology, has announced ...
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at HyperLight over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
21
Postings analysed
16
Stack modernity
76/100AI adopter
Languages
Python69%
SQL13%
C++6%
MATLAB6%
Frameworks & libraries
NumPy6%
Scikit-learn6%
AI & ML
BERT6%
LLM6%
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$180k
Typical range
$66k – $250k
Open positions
10
5
Jobs
Intern
20%
Senior
60%
Staff
20%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intern | 1 | $68k | $68k |
| Senior | 3 | $185k | $150k – $200k |
| Staff | 1 | $225k | $225k |
Highest paying role
Electro-Optic Modulator Design Engineer
$250k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at HyperLight
By role, level and city, against the market · 10 jobs with pay
People
Mian Zhang
Executive Officer, Director
Linda Sun
Executive Officer
Marko Loncar
Director
Reed Sturtevant
Director
Peter Chung
Director
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
69/100
Growing
Open positions
16
4 opened / 2 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
133 days
faster than 11% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Industrial Engineering
42% ▼
Backend
25% ▼
DevOps
8% ▲
Hardware
8% ▲
Finance
8% ▼
Operations
8% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added LLM to stack
Sep 2026
Added AI Agents to stack
Sep 2026
Added Agentic Workflows to stack
Sep 2026
Added Keysight ADS to stack
Sep 2026
Added Ansys HFSS to stack
Sep 2026
Added Synopsys IC Validator to stack
Sep 2026
Added Cadence Pegasus to stack
Sep 2026
Removed Windows from stack
Sep 2026
Added Windows to stack
Sep 2026
Added Machine Learning to stack
Sep 2026
New location: Hsinchu
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
3
Hiring now
3
Countries
3
Busiest office
Cambridge
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Cambridge
United States
HQ
Address
12 open roles 10 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 8% remote 200-500 est. staff $168k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Backend, DevOps
675 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 301, Cambridge, MA 02139
Singapore
Singapore
Engineering / R&D
3 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Hardware
Hsinchu
Taiwan
Engineering / R&D
1 open roles 10-50 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering
Jobs
$56k – $68k per year • In office • Internship • Cambridge
Python
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LLM
Agentic Workflows
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≈ $157k – $284k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Cambridge
Cadence Virtuoso
Siemens Calibre
Synopsys IC Validator
Cadence Pegasus
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$110k – $200k per year • In office • Full-Time • Cambridge
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$90k – $180k per year • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Cambridge
KLayout
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≈ $45k – $98k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • Singapore
Python
C++
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Financials
Total raised
$80M
Latest round
Series C
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series C | 2026 | $80M | Details |