Information in light
Optical systems can encode and move information using properties of light, opening a different physical path for computation.
Light Based
Computing for
Super Intelligence
We’re developing an optical computing co-processor and a practical dev kit that lets builders start experimenting with computation through light.
- Optical co-processing
- Developer first
- Off-the-shelf parts
The premise
The next leap in computing may not be electronic alone.
Electronic computers have transformed what machines can do. Light Based is exploring what becomes possible when photons join electrons in the compute stack.
Our direction is a co-processor: a specialized optical system designed to work alongside familiar electronic hardware, not replace the tools developers already use.
Physics does the work
Propagation and interference can perform useful transformations as signals move through an optical system.
Built to co-process
Electronics handle control and orchestration. The optical path becomes a focused place to explore new compute operations.
Our first product
LIGHT BASED / DEV KIT
A practical first step into optical computing.
Made for hobbyists and developers who want to move beyond papers and simulations, and begin learning with a physical system.
DEV
KIT
Top view
Off-the-Shelf Optics (Internal)
Lenses, mirrors, diffraction elements, and modulators.
Explore AI through light
We’re developing the Light Based Dev Kit to explore how an optical co-processor can work alongside conventional hardware to run open-source large language models and other machine learning models.
Language models
Explore optical computing for parts of open-source large language model inference.
Machine learning
Experiment with light-based operations used in neural networks.
Your own experiments
Test ideas and compare optical and conventional computing.
A developer-facing model
From electronic input
to optical transformation.
A simple way to understand the direction: electronics prepare a signal, light carries it through an optical operation, and electronics read the result. The exact kit architecture will evolve as development continues.
ENCODE
Encode an input
Begin in the electronic domain, where a developer can prepare and control the signal entering the optical system.
Accessible by design
Start with what builders can get today.
Breakthrough ideas don’t always need inaccessible hardware. Our first developer kit uses off-the-shelf components as a deliberate starting point: visible, understandable, and open to iteration.
LIGHT
BASED
OPTICS
CONTROL
ENCLOSURE
DETECTION
BASED
FOR THE CURIOUS / FOR THE BUILDERS
Start thinking
at the speed of light.
The Light Based Dev Kit is our first step toward making optical computing tangible for a new generation of developers.
Meet the dev kit