Aylight develops chip-scale multiwavelength lasers that generate multiple precisely spaced wavelengths from a single chip using a frequency-modulated comb (FM comb) architecture. The design reduces the need for multiple discrete lasers in optical communication systems and is intended to be manufacturable in existing semiconductor photonics foundries. The company targets AI data-center optical interconnects and high-precision frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) sensing for applications such as semiconductor inspection, metrology, industrial automation, and precision robotics. Aylight was founded in 2025 by Bahareh Marzban and Dmitry Kazakov following research at ETH Zürich. The startup plans to use its recent pre-seed funding to build its first foundry prototypes and grow its R&D team as it moves from research toward initial products.

Total raised

$5M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Jul 2026