Lumotive: Company Profile & Valuation

Lumotive makes programmable optical semiconductor chips that steer light electronically instead of mechanically, a technology it calls Light Control Metasurface beamforming. The chips go into solid-state lidar and 3D sensing systems used for factory object tracking and service robot navigation, as well as optical network switching inside AI hyperscaler data centers.

Founded in 2017 and based in the United States, Lumotive has drawn backing from Bill Gates, who has called its use of metamaterials promising for products that help mobilize and automate the world. The company opened new commercialization centers in Oman and Taiwan in December 2025 to extend its reach beyond its home market.

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No. Lumotive is a private company; its shares do not trade on a public exchange.