# Lumilens

> Optical interconnect platform connecting AI GPUs at hyperscaler scale.

## Why it is interesting

Emerged from stealth (Aug 2026) with >$700M Series C at $5.51B and a multi-billion hyperscaler shipping agreement — AI’s bottleneck shifted from buying GPUs to wiring them.

## Profile

- **Stage:** growth
- **Status:** private
- **Industries:** hardware-semiconductors, infra-cloud, ai-ml, deep-tech
- **Coverage:** full
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-11

## Key facts

- Series C (Aug 2026): >$700M at $5.51B; >$900M cumulative (company)
- Co-leads: Atreides, Bain Capital Ventures (/fund/bain-capital-ventures), Meritech, Seligman, Spark Capital (/fund/spark-capital)
- Participants include Addition (/fund/addition) and Redpoint Ventures (/fund/redpoint-ventures)
- Shipping into hyperscaler production under multi-billion agreement (company)
- Addresses copper’s ~1.5m reach limit for AI scale-up fabrics

## Investors in our directory

- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/bain-capital-ventures
- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/spark-capital
- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/addition
- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/redpoint-ventures

## Related articles

- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/2026-lumilens-700m-series-c-ai-optical-interconnect
- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/2026-august-10-11-investment-news-defense-optics-commerce

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Source: https://venturecapitaltracker.com/startup/lumilens