Salience Labs competitors and alternatives
As of Nov 15, 2026, Alion lists 10 companies most like Salience Labs: Lumilens, Taara, Lumentum, Ranovus, HyperLight, Xscape Photonics, Coherent, EFFECT Photonics, OpenLight Photonics and Phanofi.
- Salience Labs itself has 18 open roles on Alion.
- Of them, Coherent is hiring the most, with 205 open roles.
- HyperLight has raised the most venture funding on record: $80M.
- Open roles at Taara rose the most: from 20 on Oct 12, 2026 to 22 now.
Salience Labs and its competitors compared
Open roles are the postings Alion lists today; their change is shown only for career sites that state posting dates. Funding is the venture money on record. A dash means Alion holds no figure.
| Company | Open roles | Change | Raised | Last round | Lead investors | Employees | Headquarters | Main technologies | Hiring in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Salience Labs
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18 | – | $166.5M | Series B $125M2026 | Bullhound Capital, Applied Ventures, ICM HPQC Fund | 11-50 | Thame, United Kingdom | Python, C++, Machine Learning | United Kingdom, United States |
Lumilens
In common: Optics & Photonic Components, Optical Communications · Python, JavaScript, C++ |
150 | +9%since Oct 12, 2026 | – | – | – | 201-500 | San Jose, United States | Python, SQL, Visual Basic | Singapore, United States, India +3 more |
Taara
In common: Optical Communications, Optics & Photonic Components · Python, JavaScript, TypeScript |
22 | +10%since Oct 12, 2026 | – | – | – | 51-200 | Sunnyvale, United States | Python, Git, Siemens Calibre | United States |
Lumentum
In common: Optics & Photonic Components, Optical Communications · Python, JavaScript, TypeScript |
196 | – | – | – | – | 5000+ | San Jose, United States | Python, C#, SQL | Thailand, United States, Japan +8 more |
Ranovus
In common: Optics & Photonic Components, Optical Communications · Python, SystemVerilog, MATLAB |
20 | – | – | – | – | 51-200 | Ottawa, Canada | Python, MATLAB, Machine Learning | Canada, Germany |
HyperLight
In common: Optics & Photonic Components, Optical Communications · Python, C++, MATLAB |
15 | – | $80M | Series C $80M2026 | – | 201-500 | Cambridge, United States | Python, Cadence Virtuoso, KLayout | United States, Singapore, Taiwan |
Xscape Photonics
In common: Optics & Photonic Components, Optical Communications · Python, C++, MATLAB |
11 | – | – | – | – | 51-200 | New York, United States | Python, Linux, C++ | United States |
Coherent
In common: Optics & Photonic Components, Optical Communications · Python, JavaScript, C++ |
205 | – | – | – | – | 5000+ | Saxonburg, United States | Python, SolidWorks, Power BI | United States, Canada, India |
EFFECT Photonics
In common: Optics & Photonic Components, Optical Communications · Python, C++ |
2 | – | – | – | – | 11-50 | Eindhoven, Netherlands | Python, JMP, Statistical Process Control | Netherlands |
OpenLight Photonics
In common: Optical Communications, Optics & Photonic Components · Python, C++, NumPy |
19 | – | $3.5M | Venture round $3.5M2025 | – | 51-200 | Goleta, United States | Python, JMP, Keysight ADS | United States |
Phanofi
In common: Optical Communications, Optics & Photonic Components · Python, MATLAB, Git |
3 | – | – | – | – | 11-50 | Kongens Lyngby, Denmark | KiCad, Git, Prometheus | Denmark |
How the list is made
The list comes from Alion's similar-companies engine, the same one AI agents query through the Alion MCP server. A company ranks higher when it shares more of Salience Labs's industry segments and is less spread over others, when its job postings name the same technologies, when it is headquartered in the same country and when its size is close. The list is rebuilt every week.
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