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Palomino Laboratories

3 viewers · 30d

Total raised

$17.0M

+$17.0M this year

1 filing since 2026 · latest Equity filed

Cumulative raised
LAST ROUND
Equity · $17.0M
ROUNDS
1
INVESTORS
76
FOUNDED
2022
HQ
Goleta, CA
SECTOR
Hardware
EMPLOYEES
N/A
30D VIEWERS
3

AI overview

Updated

Palomino Laboratories is a fabless compound-semiconductor company in Goleta, California developing optical interconnect technology for AI data centers. Its products target the 0-to-50 meter interconnect range and span silicon chipsets that raise the speed of copper links, silicon optical ICs for MicroVCSEL interconnects, and silicon and gallium nitride ICs for MicroLED interconnects. In 2026 the company shipped first-generation GaN MicroLED light engine prototypes to an initial hyperscaler customer, with independently measured bandwidth exceeding its own design targets. It began trading on the OTCQB Venture Market as PALX in July 2026 and completed the acquisition of Vega Links Inc. in August 2026 to extend from device supply into complete optical links.

What sets it apart

Uses gallium nitride MicroLEDs rather than lasers or copper to carry chip-to-chip and rack-to-rack data, aiming at a more energy-efficient short-reach optical link for AI clusters; co-founded by Akoustis founder Jeff Shealy and UCSB solid-state lighting pioneer Steven DenBaars.

Funding history

1 round
EquityApr 20, 2026
Form D
+$17.0M$17.0M total

Latest SEC filings

via EDGAR · CIK 0001938569
Form D · Apr 20, 2026View on EDGAR

Products

1 tracked

GaN MicroLED light engine

Optical interconnect hardware

A gallium nitride MicroLED-based optical light engine engineered to emit light for chip-to-chip and rack-to-rack optical interconnect data communication, replacing legacy copper links inside AI servers and data centers. First-generation prototypes shipped to a hyperscaler customer in 2026.

  • Gallium nitride MicroLED emitters
  • Targets the 0-to-50 meter interconnect range
  • Chip-to-chip and rack-to-rack optical data communication
  • Measured bandwidth exceeding initial design targets in customer testing