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09 Jan 25
Exail broadens output with Leukos acquisition

French high-tech group gains supercontinuum laser expertise with deal to buy Limoges-based company.

07 Jan 25
CES 2025: Nvidia, Continental partner on lidar-equipped driverless trucks

Long-term deal with Aurora Innovation expected to scale deployment of autonomous freighting technology.

07 Jan 25
Swave lands €27M for holographic AR

imec co-leads latest investment round for its spin-out working to advance augmented reality glasses.

02 Jan 25
Viavi expands market reach with $150 million-plus acquisition of Inertial Labs

Inertial offers diverse measurement, navigation systems, tracking, lidar scanning solutions.

31 Dec 24
Voyant Photonics to launch sub-$1500 FMCW lidar at CES 2025

New York startup says its 'Carbon' sensor is the first affordable on-chip lidar with solid-state beam steering.

19 Dec 24
Opticore wins $5M seed funding to develop optical GPUs for lower energy AI...

...and Sivers and Ayar Labs plan new optical I/O solutions for AI infrastructure.

18 Dec 24
Aurora opens Bozeman lidar facility as Volvo begins Texas truck tests

Investment in historic photonics development location to support testing of 'FirstLight' sensing system.

17 Dec 24
Chip giants again back Ayar Labs for optical interconnects

AMD, Intel, and Nvidia return to join $155M series D funding round intended to revolutionize AI computing infrastructure.

17 Dec 24
Zeiss doubles down on research spending amid 'challenging' market

Continued strength of semiconductor lithography sector pushes sales to another new record.

11 Dec 24
Hesai seals exclusive lidar deals with Chinese auto giants

Great Wall Motor and Changan Automobile expected to deploy new 'ATX' sensor in large volumes.

10 Dec 24
Coherent lines up $33M CHIPS Act boost for InP wafer fab in Texas

Photonics giant signs preliminary agreement to help scale device production with advanced wafer fabrication equipment.

10 Dec 24
Semiconductor laser market tipped to top $5BN by 2029

Analysts at Yole Intelligence see telecoms and automotive lidar applications in China growing fastest.

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