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ESA advances terabit-per-second HydRON optical comms project; multiple terminal providers, Kepler as system prime
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ESA advances terabit-per-second HydRON optical comms project; multiple terminal providers, Kepler as system prime
Founder News Team Apr 15, 2026 0

LA PLATA, Maryland — The European Space Agency (ESA) on April 14 contracted the third tranche of its HydRON program…

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Revolutionizing Eye Care Accessibility in Europe’s Optical Market for North
Founder News Team Apr 5, 2026 0

Fielmann’s contact lenses stand out with affordable, high-quality options backed by rigorous testing, capturing growing demand in a €10B+ European…

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Startup Project Affiliated with Chinese Academy of Sciences Raises Tens of Millions in Financing within Six Months, Focusing on CPO and OIO Optical Engines
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Startup Project Affiliated with Chinese Academy of Sciences Raises Tens of Millions in Financing within Six Months, Focutilizing on CPO and OIO Optical Engines
Founder News Team Feb 10, 2026 0

Author: Ou Xue Editor: Yuan Silai Yingke learned that Beijing Lingxi Photonics Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Lingxi…

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Astrolight Plans to Demo Space-to-Ground Optical Comms
Founder News Team Feb 7, 2026 0

The Russians are cautilizing problems again. It was reported this week that Russian spysats may have intercepted what were supposed…

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Optical Ground Station Startup Cailabs Raises 57M Euro, With EIB Backing 
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Optical Ground Station Startup Cailabs Raises 57M Euro, With EIB Backing 
Founder News Team Sep 13, 2025 0

Cailabs headquarters in France. Photo: Cailabs French photonics technology startup Cailabs has raised 57 million euro ($67 million), led by…

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Genoa Instruments, a deep-tech startup born from the Italian Institute of Technology, secures €1 million funding round led by Deep Blue Ventures to transform super-resolution optical microscopy
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Genoa Instruments, a deep-tech startup born from the Italian Institute of Technology, secures €1 million funding round led by Deep Blue Ventures to transform super-resolution optical microscopy
Founder News Team Aug 30, 2025 0

image: Genoa Instruments flagship product is PRISM – Photon-Resolved Image Scanning Microscope. This optical microscope uniquely integrates spatial and temporal…

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ESA and NASA Establish Europe’s First Deep-Space Optical Comm Link!
Founder News Team Jul 11, 2025 0

home news esa-and-nasa-establish-europes-first-deep-space-optical-comm-link A Leap in Space Communication Tech Last updated: Edited By Mackenzie Ferguson AI Tools Researcher & Implementation…

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Advancing optical networks for the 6G revolution
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Advancing optical networks for the 6G revolution
Founder News Team Jul 1, 2025 0

The EU-funded FLEX-SCALE project is pioneering optical network technologies that will enable unprecedented data speeds while dramatically reducing energy consumption…

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