Lumai was founded by James Spall, Xianxin Guo in 2022.

Who are Lumai's investors?

Lumai's investors include Blank Space Ventures, LIFTT, PhotonVentures, Qubits Ventures, Runa Capital, Journey Ventures.

How much funding has Lumai raised?

Lumai has disclosed $10M raised across 1 of its 2 known rounds.

Lumai

Founded 2022 · 26 employees on LinkedIn · 10 known investors

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Lumai develops optical compute hardware and inference servers for datacenter applications. Iris Nova is their platform designed for fast token processing at low power consumption for large language model inference.

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Founders & leadership

Lumai was founded in 2022 by James Spall and Xianxin Guo.

James Spall CTO & Co-founderJames Spall is co-founder of Lumai, an Oxford University spinout developing optical compute hardware for AI acceleration and datacenter inference applications.

Xianxin Guo Co-founder · Chief Executive OfficerHe holds a PhD in quantum optics and quantum memory, conducted postdoctoral research in optical computing at the University of Oxford where he developed optical neural network architectures and an all-optical backpropagation algorithm, and received the 1851 Research Fellowship.

Investors · 10

Blank Space Ventureslisted by Blank Space VenturesSan Francisco

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LIFTTlisted by LIFTTTorino

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PhotonVentureslisted by PhotonVenturesHilversum · $1.1M – $2.7M

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Qubits Ventureslisted by Qubits VenturesPasadena

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Runa Capitallisted by Runa CapitalLuxembourg · $500K – $5M

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Journey Venturesreported

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Also in the syndicate · 4

Constructor CapitalleadIP GroupState Farm VenturesTIS Inc.

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

$10M disclosed across 1 of 2 rounds · 2025–2026

$10MraisedApr 2025 · 4 sources
Constructor Capital (lead), IP Group, Journey Ventures, LIFTT, PhotonVentures, Qubits Ventures, State Farm Ventures, TIS Inc.
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Frequently asked questions

What does Lumai do?: Lumai develops optical compute hardware and inference servers for datacenter applications. Iris Nova is their platform designed for fast token processing at low power consumption for large language model inference.
Who founded Lumai?: Lumai was founded by James Spall, Xianxin Guo in 2022.
Who are Lumai's investors?: Lumai's investors include Blank Space Ventures, LIFTT, PhotonVentures, Qubits Ventures, Runa Capital, Journey Ventures.
How much funding has Lumai raised?: Lumai has disclosed $10M raised across 1 of its 2 known rounds.