Hard Tech To Market: Lightfinder Is Bringing the Lab to the Field at the Speed of Light

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 company is developing precision optical sensing, paired with AI, that could provide a new class of real-time insights across several industries.

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