Lightstandard

Based in Suzhou, China and founded in 2022, Lightstandard Intelligent Technology (Shanghai) Co. , Ltd. , trading under the name Lightstandard, provides photonic computing chips and communication devices for the high-performance computing industry. The core research team comes from Oxford University, Fudan University and University of Chicago.

Yinjiang Xiong, the co-founder and COO of the company, has years of entrepreneurial experience in AI market applications. In April 2026, the firm raised a strategic investment from Dunhong Capital Management, Haitong Capital, Hiway Capital, Jinqiu Capital, RollStone Capital, SenseTime Jutong Technology Development (Hangzhou), Shanghai State-owned Capital Investment Leading Fund, Sinowisdom, Step Venture Capital and Xiaomiao Langcheng Capital. The company works with data center operators and optical communication providers to provide photonic computing chips, optical computing boards, and optical communication devices. Its hardware portfolio includes in-memory optical computing chips based on silicon photonics and phase-change materials, as well as optoelectronic fusion computing cards.

These products are designed to support large model inference and training, autonomous driving, smart city infrastructure, quantitative finance, and artificial intelligence security operations. The company generates revenue from B2B contracts for the commercial sale of its optical computing chips and optical computing boards.