Hyperlume

TrendForce says that microLED-based optical communication, offering low power consumption and low error rates, is emerging as one of the three major short-distance, high-speed intra-rack transmission solutions for scale-up data center networks, alongside active electrical cables (AEC) and VCSEL-based near-packaged optics (VCSEL NPO). 

The high demand for AI datacenter communication solutions, will drive fast growth, and Trendforce projects that microLED co-packaged optics (CPO) will start to scale up in the second half of 2028, and will quickly ramp up to $848 million by 2030. 

In September 2025, high-speed connectivity solution developer Credo announced that it has acquired microLED-based chip-to-chip optical interconnect developer Hyperlume. The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

During Credo's recent SEC filing, Credo reveals that it has paid $92 million, in cash, to acquire Hyperlume. When Credo acquired the company, it had about $9 million in cash, from its $12.5 million seed round that it has raised earlier in 2025. This means that the value of Hyperlume was about $83 million.

MicroLED-based optical interconnects are getting a lot of attention lately, as AI datacenters demands drive innovation and funds into the optical interconnect market.

According to TrendForce, microLED-based optical interconnect solutions are drastically more power efficient compared to copper-base solutions - in fact the overall microLED I/O system power consumption can be reduced to around 5% of the consumption of copper based systems.

The CEA-Leti institute in France (a MicroLED Industry Association member) launched a new three-year multilateral program to develop ultra-fast data transfer based on microLED, with an aim to accelerate AI datacenters.

This new lab-to-fab initiative is set to begin in January 2026, and it will engage companies that develop microLEDs, optical fibers, photodiodes, and interconnects, as well as chipmakers, system integrators, and hyperscalers. CEA-Leti believes that microLED-based communication can be more energy efficiency than both copper-based systems, and laser-based ones. CEAT-Leti will lead the Multilateral MicroLED Data Link Program with financial backing from its industrial partners.

High-speed connectivity solution developer Credo announced that it has acquired microLED-based chip-to-chip optical interconnect developer Hyperlume. The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Earlier this year, Hyperlume raised $12.5 million USD in its seed round. Hyperlume was established in 2022 to develop a low-energy optical interconnect solution for chip-to-chip communication.

Canada-based Hyperlume announced that it has raised $12.5 million USD in its seed round, led by BDC's Deep Tech Venture Fund and ArcTern Ventures with participation from MUUS Climate Partners, SOSV, LG Technology VEntures and Intel Capital.

Hyperlume was established in 2022 to develop a low-energy optical interconnect solution for chip-to-chip communication. The company's technology relies on microLED arrays to enable high bandwidth and lower power consumption.