SIL-027 Silicon & Compute · Private
Lumai
Optical computing processors for AI inference.
- Founded
- 2022
- 4 years ago
- Total raised
- $13.7M
- Disclosed equity, Sep 2026
- Team
- 26
- Headcount, Sep 2026
- Latest round
- Seed
1 General description
Lumai builds AI inference servers that compute with light instead of electrons. It announced more than $10M in investment and offers the Iris Nova server for datacenter evaluation.
2 Features
3 Specifications
| Parameter | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Silicon & Compute | Pin 01, black band |
| Flagship product | Lumai Iris | |
| Headquarters | Oxford, United Kingdom | Europe |
| Status | Private | |
| Business model | B2B | Sells to businesses |
| Backers | Constructor Capital, IP Group, PhotonVentures, Journey Ventures, LIFTT, Qubits Ventures, State Farm Ventures, TIS Inc | Through Seed |
| Website | lumai.ai ↗ | |
| Profiles | LinkedIn ↗ |
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