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Iris Light Technologies

Iris Light’s mission is to accelerate the growth of the $1 billion/year silicon photonics (‘light chip’) market driven by applications in optical communications, photonic AI, medical devices, autonomous vehicle LIDAR, optical chem-bio sensors, quantum, and beyond. To realize this vision, we are pioneering a breakthrough chip manufacturing approach for ‘difficult to integrate’ opto-electronic components, including the perennial challenges of on-chip lasers, LEDs, and photodetectors. Our technical innovation is a new class of photonic ink based on active nanomaterials that can be tuned to a variety of ‘colors’ to address the wavelength needs for these diverse applications. Iris Light is a spin-out of Argonne National Lab and Northwestern University funded by private and government capital.