Voyant Photonics
Voyant Photonics is a semiconductor and photonics company developing chip-scale FMCW (frequency-modulated continuous-wave) LiDAR sensors built on silicon photonics. The company’s Helium and Carbon platforms integrate FMCW LiDAR, digital beam steering, and coherent detection on a unified silicon photonics die, eliminating moving parts and enabling wafer-scale fabrication with semiconductor-level consistency. This…
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Voyant Photonics is a semiconductor and photonics company developing chip-scale FMCW (frequency-modulated continuous-wave) LiDAR sensors built on silicon photonics. The company’s Helium and Carbon platforms integrate FMCW LiDAR, digital beam steering, and coherent detection on a unified silicon photonics die, eliminating moving parts and enabling wafer-scale fabrication with semiconductor-level consistency. This solid-state, software-configurable approach captures 4D data (depth and velocity) with ambient-light immunity and long-range precision, providing the spatial foundation that AI systems need for autonomous operation in factories, warehouses, cities, and the open world. Voyant’s monostatic architecture replaces bespoke LiDAR assemblies with mass-producible modules, targeting cost-sensitive and compute-limited systems across industrial and consumer applications. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in New York City, the company has raised approximately $23 million in Series A funding. Investors include Contour Venture Partners, LDV Capital, DARPA, Neu Venture Capital, UP.Partners, and Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator. The company has approximately 47 employees.
Business model
Sensors > Generic Sensor Developers > Positioning & Motion > Range > LiDAR,
Photonics > Quantum Optics > Applications > Scanning and Surveying > LiDAR,
Analog and Mixed Signal ICs > Sensors > CMOS Based,
Autonomous Vehicles > Enabling Technologies > Perception > Sensor > Lidar
Team background
Company Wise > Intel,
College Wise > Cornell University
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