Pilot Photonics is a progressive photonics product development company based, since 2024, in the Alpha Innovation Campus in Dublin, Ireland, just 30 minutes from the airport and 20 minutes from Dublin City Centre.

We design and build unique laser and photonic integrated circuit (PIC)-based products that exceed the capabilities of products currently on the market. Pilot Photonics’ innovations are based on a decade of photonics research at two centres of excellence, the Tyndall National Institute and Dublin City University in Ireland. Our core technologies and applications have been peer reviewed and published in more than 100 publications, including Nature Communications and Science Advances. Pilot Photonics is supported by Kernel Capital, Infinity Capital, AIB Seed Capital Fund, the Irish state agency Enterprise Ireland, the EU through the European Innovation Council, and the European Space Agency.

The company prides itself on its “full stack photonics” offering, with design and validation capabilities ranging all the way from epitaxial wafer design through PIC, packaging and RF design, up to digital electronics and software control. This capability combined with a strong IP portfolio, state of the art infrastructure and world-class partnerships enables the company to deliver innovative products, and a compelling roadmap and vision. Pilot counts among its customers, leading Tier 1 corporations in several industry verticals.