Lumotive Stock
| Valuation | $200M1 |
| Valuation Date | Feb 19, 2025 |
| Implied Valuation | n/a |
| Last Price | $50.00 |
| 52-Week High | $72.00 |
| 52-Week Low | $50.00 |
| YTD Return | -30.56% |
| 1-Year Return | -30.56% |
| 3-Year Return | n/a |
| Total Funding | $115M2 |
| Latest Round Amount | $59M2 |
| Latest Round | Series B ext. |
| Funding Rounds | 4 |
| IPO Status | Unknown |
| Expected IPO Date | n/a |
| Revenue | n/a |
| Revenue Type | n/a |
| P/S Ratio | n/a |
About Lumotive
Lumotive is a semiconductor company that makes programmable optical chips for steering beams of light. Its Light Control Metasurface chip, sold commercially as the LM10, uses electronically controlled nanoscale structures to steer light with no moving parts, so lidar and other 3D sensors can be built without spinning mirrors or mechanical scanners. Lumotive makes money by selling those chips, development kits and reference designs to sensor makers and system builders such as Hokuyo, Namuga and E-Photonics. It is also applying the same technology to optical circuit switching in AI data centers, where it demonstrated a two-dimensional photonic beamforming chip in March 2026. The company was spun out of Bellevue-based Intellectual Ventures in late 2017 with seed funding from Bill Gates, whose Gates Frontier fund is still an investor.
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Lumotive's LCM Optical Semiconductor Platform Enables First Solid-State 180° dTOF LiDAR at 30 FPS
Lumotive said its commercially available LM10 beam-steering chip, paired with Adaps Photonics' ADS6311 dTOF sensor, enabled a fully solid-state 180-degree lidar platform running at 30 frames per secon...
Lumotive Debuts 'World's First 2D Photonic Beamforming Chip'
All About Circuits reviews Lumotive's programmable two-dimensional photonic beamforming chip, which steers light across two axes using nanoscale optical antennas etched into a single silicon die. The ...
Lumotive makes optical breakthrough, targets 10,000-port data centers
In an interview with DigiTimes Asia, co-founder and CTO Gleb Akselrod discussed Lumotive's beamforming milestone and its plan to address optical circuit switching at hyperscale, targeting fabrics with...
Lumotive Creates World's First 2D Photonic Beamforming Semiconductor
Lumotive announced the demonstration of what it calls the first programmable two-dimensional photonic beamforming chip built on its Light Control Metasurface architecture. The company positioned the c...
Lumotive Expands Global Footprint and Adds Key Leaders Amid Growing Demand for Programmable Optical Semiconductors
Lumotive said it grew its workforce by 50% during 2025 and opened new sites in Muscat, Oman, and Taiwan. It also appointed Tristan Joo as executive vice president of global business and Hassan Moussa ...
Lumotive expands to Oman and Taiwan to boost optical 3D sensors
GeekWire reported on Lumotive's new offices in Oman and Taiwan, adding that headcount has risen to nearly 80 employees worldwide. CEO Sam Heidari said robotics, not automotive, has become the company'...
Amazon backs programmable optics startup Lumotive
TechCrunch reported that Lumotive reopened its Series B round to bring in the Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund and ITHCA Group, taking the round to $59 million from the $45 million closed in February...
Amazon and ITHCA Invest in Lumotive
Lumotive announced investments from the Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund and ITHCA Group, Oman's sovereign technology fund, which lifted its Series B-related funding to $59 million. The company said ...
SolidVUE and Lumotive Collaborate to Advance Next-Generation LiDAR Systems
Lumotive and South Korean SPAD sensor developer SolidVUE announced a collaboration pairing Lumotive's beam-steering chip with SolidVUE's direct time-of-flight sensors for next-generation lidar systems...
Namuga Unveils Stella 2 Compact Solid-State LiDAR Powered by Lumotive at Embedded Vision Summit
Namuga showed its Stella 2 solid-state lidar, built around Lumotive's Light Control Metasurface chip, at the Embedded Vision Summit. The module targets robotics and industrial automation customers.
Lumotive Powers E-Photonics' Launch of Software-Defined LiDAR Solutions for ITS Applications at ITS Spain
E-Photonics launched software-defined lidar products for intelligent transportation systems built on Lumotive's programmable optics platform, unveiled at the ITS Spain event.
Lumotive Raises $45M For Chip Scale Light Management
Forbes covered Lumotive's $45 million Series B round, reporting it was raised at a valuation of roughly $200 million. The article noted the round drew industrial lidar maker Hokuyo as a new investor a...
Lumotive Raises $45 Million to Expand Sales of Programmable Optical Semiconductors
Lumotive announced the close of an oversubscribed $45 million Series B round with new investors Swisscom Ventures, East Bridge, EDOM, Grazia, Hokuyo and TSVC. The company said it would use the funding...
Bill Gates-backed semiconductor startup Lumotive raises $45M
GeekWire reported that Gates Frontier co-led Lumotive's $45 million Series B round with MetaVC Partners. The article recapped the company's spinout from Intellectual Ventures and its earlier $13 milli...
E-Photonics Launches LiDAR-Based 3D Sensing Solutions Powered by Lumotive
Saudi Arabia-based E-Photonics announced lidar-based 3D sensing products built on Lumotive's Light Control Metasurface chips for smart infrastructure and traffic applications.
Lumotive Introduces Transformative Advanced 3D Sensing Utilizing Sony's Sensors at CES 2025
At CES 2025 Lumotive demonstrated 3D sensing reference designs combining its beam-steering chip with Sony image sensors, aimed at robotics and industrial customers.
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SkyWater and Lumotive Announce Qualification and Production Start for World's First Commercially Available Optical Beamforming Chip
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. & REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SkyWater Technology (NASDAQ: SKYT), the trusted technology realization partner, and Lumotive, a pioneer in optical semiconductor technology for 3D...