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Pilot Photonics

Pilot Photonics is a provider of optical networking transmission solutions and photonic integrated circuits, specializing in comb-enhanced laser technology for AI and cloud data centres, optical and mobile telecoms, and satellite communications and space applications. The company product portfolio includes fast and low linewidth tunable lasers available in butterfly and nano-ITLA packages offering fast switching,…

📍 Dublin, Ireland · Photonics,

Funding snapshot

Last roundSeed
Amount$12M
Date2 July 2026
Total raised$5M
Team size24

About

Pilot Photonics is a provider of optical networking transmission solutions and photonic integrated circuits, specializing in comb-enhanced laser technology for AI and cloud data centres, optical and mobile telecoms, and satellite communications and space applications. The company product portfolio includes fast and low linewidth tunable lasers available in butterfly and nano-ITLA packages offering fast switching, wide tuning range, and low linewidth for coherent transceiver telecoms, data centre interconnects, and FMCW LIDAR; integrated comb laser assemblies (iCLA) delivering four coherent wavelengths for modulation and generating very high frequency carriers in mmWave and THz bands for 5G and 6G mobile; CW-WDM ELSFP laser arrays delivering up to 16x200 GHz wavelengths for co-packaged optics; the Lyra OCS 1000 optical frequency comb source; high-speed DFB lasers with above 20 GHz bandwidth; and wavelength tunable directly modulated lasers. The company core technology is its patented gain switching technique that creates a flexible comb of coherent wavelengths, encapsulated in monolithic III-V photonic integrated circuits fabricated with leading European foundries. Pilot Photonics offers full-stack photonics capabilities including PIC design, drive and control systems, design verification and test, and prototyping through outsourced manufacture. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, Pilot Photonics has raised approximately .8 million at the Seed stage with investors including Enterprise Ireland, Kernel Capital, European Union, European Innovation Council, AIB Seed Capital Fund, and Dublin Business Innovation Centre.

Business model

Enterprise Networking > Software Defined Wireless Networking,

Photonics > Quantum Optics > Lasers > Diode Lasers > Horizontal,

Telecom Infrastructure Tech > Core Network > Equipment > Optical Wireless > Free Space Optics

Institutional investors

Department of Business Enterprise and Innovation Kernel Capital Dublin Business Innovation Centre Enterprise Ireland Europa AIB Seed Capital Fund European Innovation Council William Oppermann

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