LightOn

LightOn is a France-based organization that develops optical processing units (OPU) designed for large-scale machine-learning applications and to improve data processing for AI. The technology is licensed by PSL Research University and was originally developed at Paris’ research institutions. 

Several users from industry and academia have seen positive results on the hybrid CPU/GPU/OPU server, outperforming silicon-only computing technology in a variety of large-scale machine-learning tasks. 

Its model factory specializes in creating large language models (LLMs) from 1 billion–100 billion parameters and create new models or fine-tuning existing models to serve the requirements of the clients. The models developed are multilingual, supporting a range of European languages, such as English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Dutch. It is claimed that LightOn’s codebase enables faster model training by 25%.

Paradigm & task factory integrates GenAI into workflows. It facilitates users to create, evaluate, iterate on prompts, and fine-tune models with a prompt/model list and seamlessly integrate with any open-source solution or company solution. Paradigm offers a ready-go-to list of tasks that the company can use to automate repetitive tasks. The development tools are compatible with Langchain and GPT index. 

LightOn offers Business, Enterprise, and Enterprise+ plans tailored to diverse user needs.

In November 2024, the company was listed on the Euronext Growth Paris exchange, claimed to become Europe’s first listed GenAI company. The company also set financial targets of EUR 40 million (~USD 42 million) in revenue and a 40% EBITDA margin by 2027.

Key customers and partnerships

In November 2023, collaborated with CGG to utilize CGG's high-performance computing (HPC) solutions for evaluating and testing LLMs in support of industrial AI deployment.

Earlier in June 2023, LightOn collaborated with Aleia to launch an industrial AI solution in Fall 2023. The partnership integrates LightOn’s GPT models and the Paradigm platform expertise with Aleia’s industrial architecture.