5,757% Growth in Three Years Puts AI Optical Interconnect Firm in Inc. 5000 Top 1%
Sebastopol, United States – April 29, 2026 / Luma Optics /
SEBASTOPOL, Calif. – April 14, 2026 – Luma Optics announced it has been named No. 47 on the 2025 Inc. 5000, Inc. magazine’s definitive ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America, driven by 5,757% three-year revenue growth. The placement positions Luma Optics in the top 1% of all honored companies, joining past Inc. 5000 alumni such as Microsoft, Meta, Chobani, and Patagonia. The Luma Optics Inc. 5000 recognition comes at a notable inflection point for AI infrastructure. As frontier model training and inference push GPU clusters beyond what copper interconnect can support, the constraint inside the data center has shifted from compute to data movement. Luma Optics’ AI optical interconnect hardware is engineered for that specific challenge – moving dense AI workloads at the bandwidth, latency, and thermal envelope that copper cannot physically achieve.
“Every AI breakthrough now depends on how fast light can move between chips,” said Eric Litvin, Co-Founder of Luma Optics. “We built Luma for this exact moment. Ranking No. 47 on the Inc. 5000 isn’t a vanity milestone – it’s a signal that the market has decided optical is the only path forward for heavy AI, and that Luma is executing against that reality faster than anyone else.”
Ahead of the competition on the workloads that matter most.
While much of the optics industry remains anchored in legacy telecom form factors, Luma Optics has focused on the hardware profile the AI era demands: heavy-workload optimization for large-scale training clusters and inference fabrics; higher bandwidth density per rack unit than competing solutions; lower power draw per bit – a direct response to the energy constraints facing hyperscalers; and production-grade reliability validated in live AI deployments, with a field failure rate under 0.01% across 500,000+ units shipped. A 5,757% three-year growth trajectory reflects design wins and repeat orders from operators running some of the most demanding compute environments in existence.
Built over twenty years for today’s AI infrastructure.
Luma Optics was co-founded by Eric Litvin in 2004, well before AI infrastructure emerged as a defined market category. That early start provided the company with years of practical experience in AI optical interconnect reliability, manufacturing, and deployment at scale. With operations in Sebastopol, California, and the Netherlands, Luma Optics serves both North American hyperscale customers and European sovereign AI programs. The Eric Litvin Inc. 5000 ranking underscores the sustained commercial traction the company has built across both markets.
About the Inc. 5000.
The Inc. 5000 is the most recognized ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. Companies on the list are ranked by percentage revenue growth over a three-year period.
About Luma Optics.
Luma Optics builds the optical hardware that powers the world’s heaviest AI workloads. Founded in 2004 by a team with deep roots in photonics, systems engineering, and hyperscale infrastructure – including Co-Founder Eric Litvin – Luma Optics serves AI labs, cloud providers, and enterprise operators pushing the limits of what is computationally possible. Learn more at lumaoptics.net. For executive commentary, interviews, and speaking requests for Eric Litvin, visit ericlitvin.ai/press.
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