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Lucidean

Santa Barbara, California, United States · Artificial Intelligence, Software · 7 employees

Lucidean is redefining data-center optics with CohZero™, a coherent-lite architecture that delivers coherent-class reach and signal integrity at IMDD-like power and cost. Founded in Santa Barbara by veterans of compound-semiconductor photonics and advanced optical link design, Lucidean is developing 3.2 Tbps and 6.4 Tbps transceivers for AI-driven fabrics and data-center interconnects.

Funding history

  • Series seed — $18.0M — Dec 2025

Recent signals

  • Dec 23, 2025: Lucidean Appoints Dr. James Raring as Chief Executive Officer
  • Dec 23, 2025: Raised $18.0M in Series seed

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