Photonium

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AI-Powered Optical Consulting & Software

What it does

Photonium is building software to automate optical system design. We supercharge optics experts with intelligent tooling to reduce costs and deliver faster. We handle the full design stack — from optimization, verification, sourcing, to prototyping — for AR/VR, quantum, biotech, metrology/chip fab, LiDAR, and more.

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Photonium — Optical Design Automation & Engineering Consulting

Photonium pairs senior optical engineers with AI that drives Zemax, CODE V, and an in-house optimizer — from spec to toleranced design. Optical design software, custom automation, and expert lens-design consulting. Backed by Y Combinator.

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