xLight
Hardware · Manufacturing
$51.6Mraised in 2 rounds
50+people
2021founded
16stories in the press
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Nicholas Kelez
Executive Officer, Director

Kevin Heidrich
Director

Pat Gelsinger
Director

Peter Barrett
Director
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xLight Appoints Dr. Thomas Caulfield to Board of Directors
PALO ALTO, Calif., June 25, 2026--xLight, the American company building the world's most powerful Free Electron Lasers (FELs) to revolutionize semiconductor manufacturing, today announced Dr. Thomas Caulfield - a renowned semiconductor industry leader and
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xLight Finalizes $150M CHIPS Incentives with U.S. Department of Commerce
PALO ALTO, Calif., June 02, 2026--xLight, the American company building the world's most powerful lasers, today announced the signing of a final award of $150 million in federal incentives under the CHIPS and Science Act with the U.S. Department of Commer
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xLight Finalizes $150M CHIPS Incentives with U.S. Department of Commerce
xLight, the American company building the world's most powerful lasers, today announced the signing of a final award of $150 million in federal incentives un...
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xLight: $150 Million LOI Signed With U.S. Department Of Commerce To Advance Semiconductor Lithography
xLight has entered a Letter of Intent with the U.S. Department of Commerce for $150 million in proposed federal incentives intended to accelerate development of next-generation semiconductor lithography. The company announced the agreement on December 1,
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xLight: $40 Million Series B Raised For Transforming Semiconductor Manufacturing
xLight, an American company specializing in advanced laser technology, has secured $40 million in an oversubscribed Series B funding round, led by Playground Global with support from Boardman Bay Capital Management and Morpheus Ventures.
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US startup xLight raises $40 million in race against China for key chip-making laser
PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) -Silicon Valley startup xLight has raised $40 million, aiming to build the first prototype of a new class of laser that could shake up the global chip industry and reclaim U.S. leadership in a field that China is aggressive
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Palo Alto
United States
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50-200 est. staff
380 Portage Ave Palo Alto, CA 94306 United States
