Semiconductors Startups

Phasor Solutions develops and procures technology spanning chip design, software, and artificial intelligence, with a focus on high-availability, secure systems for demanding operational environments including on-the-move deployments. Its offerings appear aimed at defense or mission-critical operational use.

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Phinity builds AI agents that design, verify, and tape out custom chips end-to-end, aiming to let users describe a chip and receive a GDS file in weeks. It operates in the semiconductor design automation space using AI-driven agents.

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Photon Force develops single-photon sensitive cameras and sensors that perform time-resolved single-photon counting. Its technology is used across scientific and industrial fields including photonics, microscopy, neuroscience, biomedical imaging, communications, quantum optics, spectroscopy, and life sciences.

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Photonisol develops silicon photonic integrated devices and functional photonic devices, with a focus on integrated optical isolators and photonic integrated circuits (PICs). Its technology targets applications such as optical transceiver modules, co-packaged optics, optical phased arrays, quantum computing chips, and biosensors. The company is a spin-off from Inha University's research laboratory.

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PicoJool designs and manufactures vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) optical connectivity solutions for AI data centers and hyperscale cloud systems. The company produces high-speed optical engines for transceiver products used in PCIe, Ethernet, Infiniband, and AI infrastructure applications.

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Syntiant builds a full-stack edge AI platform combining low-power Neural Decision Processors, MEMS microphones and vibration sensors, and deep learning models to run always-on speech, audio, sensor and vision intelligence directly on devices. It serves makers of power-constrained hardware across mobile, earbud, IoT, robotics and satellite applications.

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PIXCEL develops silicon photonics solutions, a technology that integrates optical components with semiconductor materials for data communication and processing applications.

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Polymatech Electronics designs and manufactures opto-semiconductor and compound semiconductor products used in devices such as smartphones, tablets, satellite communications, and GPS. It positions itself as an Indian compound semiconductor manufacturer serving businesses with customized applications and large-scale production.

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Porotech develops MicroLED display technology, offering components and technology consultancy through partnerships and R&D. Its work focuses on making microLED displays more manufacturable for display makers.

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Power Integrations designs and supplies high-voltage integrated circuits and semiconductor components for power conversion, including AC-DC converters, LED drivers, gate drivers, and motor drivers, along with its GaN-based (PowiGaN) technology. Its products serve applications such as chargers and adapters, appliances, automotive systems, EV traction inverters, industrial motors, and AI data center power architectures.

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Power Down Semiconductor develops LPP (Low Power Processing) technology that reduces dynamic switching power in compute chips by reshaping CMOS switching to reuse energy, while preserving clock frequency and performance. It offers this as application-focused ICs, compiler-based IP for memories/embedded FPGA/I-O, and circuit-level design services, targeting uses from always-on edge and IoT devices to datacenter accelerators, crypto mining, mobile compute, and medical/implantable devices.

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PowerSpin is a Japanese deeptech company associated with Tohoku University, developing spintronics-based semiconductor technology. Its work is tied to STT-MRAM and low-power memory/semiconductor devices.

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Presto Engineering provides ASIC design and semiconductor services spanning design, test, qualification, and production, helping companies integrate proprietary microelectronic solutions into their products. It serves technology firms across sectors such as automotive and telecommunications (including 5G and 6G development).

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Primemas is a fabless semiconductor company that builds Hublet, a chiplet-based Hub SoC platform providing a modular, reusable foundation for custom chip design. Its products target AI data infrastructure, AI acceleration, and reconfigurable hardware for companies developing compute chips for AI and data-driven applications.

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Priortech is a company creator and investor focused on the global semiconductor industry, developing solutions through two industry-leading businesses, Camtek and ACCESS.

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pSemi designs and manufactures radio-frequency and power semiconductor products, including RF switches, front-end modules, and buck converters, based on its RF-SOI technology. Its components target applications such as Wi-Fi 6E, UWB, 5G massive MIMO base stations, IoT devices, and USB-PD fast-charging.

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onsemi is a semiconductor company that develops and supplies intelligent power and sensing products, offering a portfolio of devices, system solution guides, and technical documentation for engineers designing across various applications. It serves industrial, automotive, and other technology markets.

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Purium Fil provides advanced air and water purification solutions for semiconductor and optoelectronic manufacturing processes, serving emerging semiconductor and optoelectronic industries globally. The company also offers wastewater treatment systems, refurbished equipment sales, special gas services, chemical recycling, and smart factory implementation.

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PxE develops holographic imaging technology that captures fused RGB, infrared, and depth data from a single snapshot using one lens, sensor, and chip. Its edge-processed vision and perception systems target cost-sensitive and portable platforms across multiple industries, offering high image quality and depth accuracy in all lighting conditions.

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QPICs operates a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) foundry offering fast-turnaround chip fabrication for quantum and photonics developers, aiming to shrink optical setups to chip scale. It serves the quantum technology industry with customizable waveguide fabrication and rapid R&D cycles, based in the Rocky Mountain region and serving customers worldwide.</parameter> <parameter name="hq_city">Arvada

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Quadric builds AI inference technology for edge devices, drawing on its team's background in processor IP and AI software. The company develops chips and software stacks for running AI at the edge.

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Qualinx develops ultra-low-power, reconfigurable GNSS positioning, tracking, and timing chips based on its patented Digital RF receiver technology. Its single-chip products serve the GNSS and IoT markets, targeting connected devices and asset-tracking applications that require low power consumption and flexible reconfigurability.

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Quantaglion develops the QNT100, a hardware true random number generator that uses the natural decay of atomic nuclei to produce physical randomness rather than software-based pseudo-random numbers. The semiconductor-based entropy device is aimed at post-quantum security infrastructure and applications such as AI, PQC, automotive, and HSMs.

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Q-Pixel develops polychromatic RGB microLED technology, covering material growth, device fabrication, and display assembly, and operates as a fabless microLED display innovator. Its technology targets large-area foldable displays as well as smaller displays such as phones, tablets, computers, and wearables (smartwatches/AR/VR) in the display industry.

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