Light Links, Inc. has raised $6.0M in pre-seed funding, a bet on a new twist for wireless connectivity that leans on light rather than radio waves alone. The company’s proprietary technology, Wi-OW, is designed to bolt onto existing Wi-Fi setups, using scattered laser beams to deliver license-free, gigabit-speed, ultra-low-latency communication that works even without a direct line of sight.
The pitch is straightforward: when conventional Wi-Fi strains under heavy bandwidth demands or security-sensitive workloads, Wi-OW steps in to pick up the slack. It’s an early-stage wager on a niche that sits between optical and radio networking, though the company has yet to disclose who wrote the checks. The fresh capital gives Light Links runway to push the technology closer to real-world deployment.
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