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POET Technologies

Semiconductors & PhotonicsCloud & Digital InfrastructureNasdaq: POETToronto, ON

Toronto-based designer of optical engines, light sources and optical modules built on its Optical Interposer, a wafer-level platform combining electronic and photonic devices on one chip for AI systems and hyperscale data centres.

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POET Technologies states its goal is to become the global leader in chip-scale photonic solutions for AI networks and hyperscale data centres. Its Optical Interposer integrates electronics and photonics at the wafer level, and the company ships 400G, 800G and 1.6T optical engines and light sources built on that platform.

  • Closed a US$400,000,020 registered direct offering from a single institutional investor in May 2026, for manufacturing expansion, acquisitions, R&D and the light source business. poet-technologies.com

  • Voluntarily delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange effective on or about August 27, 2025, consolidating trading on Nasdaq under the symbol POET. poet-technologies.com

  • States it provides high-speed 800G, 1.6T and above optical engines and optical modules for AI clusters and hyperscale data centers. poet-technologies.com

  • Headquartered at 120 Eglinton Avenue East, Toronto, with operations in Singapore, Penang (Malaysia) and Shenzhen (China). poet-technologies.com

  • Q2 2026 revenue was US$569,925, up 112% year over year; the company expects to ship substantial production units for qualification in the rest of 2026. poet-technologies.com

  • In August 2026 the board decided it is not currently in the company's interest to redomicile in the United States. poet-technologies.com

Products & Services

Company site: poet-technologies.com

Products POET Technologies publishes on its own site. Each card links to the page it was taken from.

POET Teralight

Optical engine

1.6T 2xFR4 and DR8 transmit and receive optical engines.

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POET Infinity

Optical engine

800G and 400G transceiver solutions with integrated driver and receiver components.

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POET Starlight

Light source

Packaged O-band and C-band light source engines.

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POET LightBar

Light source

Multi-channel O-band and C-band 4- and 8-channel light source engines.

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POET One

Transceiver

CWDM4 transceiver module operating at 100G.

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Funding & Investors

Announced rounds only, newest first. Undisclosed amounts are shown as undisclosed.

  1. Registered direct offering (non-brokered; common shares plus warrants to a single institutional investor)

    May 18, 2026

Total disclosed: US$400.0MLatest: Registered direct offering (non-brokered; common shares plus warrants to a single institutional investor) · May 18, 2026

Partnerships

Publicly announced partnerships.

Lumilens

Supply agreement and joint development partnership on wafer-level photonic integration for AI infrastructure, with an initial $50 million purchase order for POET optical engines.

Lessengers

Joint development of a 1.6T 2xDR4 optical transceiver module for AI clusters and hyperscale data centre networks.

LITEON Technology

Strategic collaboration to co-develop optical communication modules built on POET's Optical Interposer platform.

Recent News

  1. May 18, 2026Funding

    POET Technologies closes US$400 million investment

    POET closed a US$400,000,020 registered direct offering from a single institutional investor, funding manufacturing expansion, acquisitions, R&D and its light source business.

  2. Aug 27, 2025Other

    POET Technologies delists from the TSX Venture Exchange

    POET voluntarily delisted from the TSXV effective on or about August 27, 2025, consolidating trading on Nasdaq under the symbol POET.

People

Sourced from the company's own pages or announcements.

Suresh Venkatesan

Executive Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Thomas Mika

EVP, Chief Financial Officer & Corporate Secretary

Sandeep Kumar

Chief Operating Officer

Raju Kankipati

Chief Revenue Officer

Technology Focus

Company site: poet-technologies.com

Terms the company uses about its own work.

Optical InterposerWafer-level photonic integrationOptical enginesExternally modulated lasersLight sources for AI interconnect800G and 1.6T optics

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