In May, Diana Mojahed (Lightfinder, Cohort 2025) pitched her innovation to a multi-trillion-dollar market cap audience at the 2026 Lam Capital Venture Competition—and won. Now, with crucial new exposure, validation, and funding, she is ready to “hire, accelerate, and move faster.” Lightfinder is built on a breakthrough from the MIT lab where Mojahed did her postdoctoral training: a laboratory-grade spectrometer that fits on a silicon chip. The next-generation photonics compan

Lightfinder's Diana Mojahed will be speaking in the "Emerging Applications" session on June 3, 2026, alongside Arne Leinse of LioniX International, and Hugo Thienpoint & Michael Vervaeke of PhotonHub. Optica Global Advanced Manufacturing Alliance 2026 in Brussels Event Agenda Event Speakers

Lam Research awarded its $250,000 investment offer to Lightfinder at the end of its recent venture competition at its Silicon Valley headquarters. The winner was Lightfinder, which is making chip-scale optical instruments for sensing. Lighterfinder CEO Diana Mojahed was there to accept the award. The event was part of Lam Research’s fourth Lam Capital Venture Competition at Lam’s Silicon Valley headquarters in Fremont, California. Read more here...

Lightfinder won with a compact sensing platform designed to bring metrology inside the tool. The 18-month-old MIT spinout based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is developing a chip-scale optical depth-sensing instrument that could help fabs move closer to real-time, automated closed-loop process control by reducing the need for manual, time-consuming measurements. Read more here...

Lightfinder won with a compact sensing platform designed to bring metrology inside the tool. The 18-month-old MIT spinout based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is developing a chip-scale optical depth-sensing instrument that could help fabs move closer to real-time, automated closed-loop process control by reducing the need for manual, time-consuming measurements. Read more here...

Ten breakthrough startups (including Lightfinder) have been selected from around the world to compete live for a $250,000 investment, mentorship, and strategic partnerships. Each is pushing the frontier of AI-enabled semiconductor and advanced manufacturing technology. The Lam Capital Venture Competition is a premier event that will bring together startups, investors, and technology leaders focused on one central challenge: building the AI backbone for the future of semicondu