X-Celeprint

What X-Celeprint does

X-Celeprint Ltd is a privately held European technology company founded in 2013 and based in Cork, Ireland. The company develops and licenses patented Micro-Transfer Printing (μTP) technology, a proprietary mass-transfer process designed to enable high-volume manufacturing of silicon photonics components. According to company materials, the technology increases transfer speeds by more than 30x and improves accuracy by 85% compared to conventional mass transfer methods, targeting AI optical interconnects and Co-Packaged Optics used in data centers and advanced computing systems.

X-Celeprint does not manufacture products directly; instead, it monetizes its platform through technology licensing and strategic manufacturing partnerships. In September 2025 the company announced a partnership with Ennostar Inc. to combine Ennostar's high-volume manufacturing capabilities with X-Celeprint's MTP technology for silicon photonics integration. The go-to-market model is enterprise co-development, where X-Celeprint and its manufacturing partners jointly evaluate market opportunities and engage third parties to drive commercialization of advanced photonics solutions.

The company is small (11–50 employees), privately held, and operates with a horizontal segmentation approach focused on a single core use case — silicon photonics manufacturing for AI and advanced compute infrastructure. No revenue, funding totals, or pricing details have been publicly disclosed. Leadership disclosure is limited to a Business Development Director (Alexandre Chikhaoui); broader management team, ownership, and investor information are not evidenced in the available input data.

Name

X-Celeprint

Legal name

X-Celeprint Ltd

Website

https://x-celeprint.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

X-Celeprint Ltd licenses patented Micro-Transfer Printing (μTP) technology to high-volume silicon photonics manufacturers, enabling 30x faster and 85% more accurate mass transfer of photonic components for AI optical interconnects and Co-Packaged Optics in data centers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Silicon Photonics Manufacturing Technology

NAICS

Semiconductor Machinery Manufacturing (333242)

SIC

Optical Instruments & Lenses (3827)

akta.pro primary industry

Optoelectronics & Photonics (LED/Laser/Optical ICs) (HDAHAAAH)

Keywords

• Micro-Transfer Printing
• Silicon Photonics Integration
• Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology
• Photonic Component Assembly
• Mass Transfer Technology

Headquarters

HQ city

Cork

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations

Revenue model

1. Technology Licensing and Manufacturing Partnerships: Revenue generation through strategic partnerships with manufacturing companies like Ennostar Inc., combining X-Celeprint's MTP technology with high-volume manufacturing capabilities to commercialize advanced photonics solutions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Core offering

X-Celeprint develops and licenses patented Micro-Transfer-Printing (μTP/MTP) technology for the heterogeneous integration of compound semiconductors and silicon photonics. The technology enables high-volume, high-accuracy transfer of devices (III-V, GaN, InP) onto non-native substrates for applications including AI optical interconnects, Co-Packaged Optics, and advanced data center photonics. The company generates revenue through technology licensing and manufacturing partnerships rather than selling finished products.

Product overview

X-Celeprint is a European pioneer in Micro-Transfer Printing (MTP) technology. The company's core offering is its MTP technology platform, which enables high-speed, high-accuracy mass transfer of semiconductor and photonic components. This technology is specifically designed for silicon photonics integration applications in AI optical interconnects, targeting data centers and advanced computing systems with Co-Packaged Optics solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Micro-Transfer Printing (MTP) Technology Patented Micro-Transfer Printing process technology licensed to semiconductor and photonics manufacturers for heterogeneous integration of compound semiconductors (III-V, GaN, InP) and silicon photonics devices. Designed for high-volume production of AI optical interconnects, Co-Packaged Optics, and advanced data center photonics.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Ennostar Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 September 2025Strategic partnership to accelerate commercialization of mass transfer technology in silicon photonics for AI optical interconnects. The collaboration combines Ennostar's high-volume manufacturing capabilities with X-Celeprint's MTP technology. Both companies will jointly evaluate market opportunities and engage with third parties to drive commercialization of advanced photonics solutions for Co-Packaged Optics.

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Ayar Labs: Ayar Labs builds optical I/O chiplets and in-package optical interconnect solutions for AI and HPC chips. Both companies are silicon photonics enabling technologies competing for tier-1 hyperscaler and AI accelerator design wins in co-packaged optics.
• POET Technologies: POET develops integrated optical interposer and silicon photonics platforms for data centers and AI networks. Both companies target heterogeneous silicon photonics integration for CPO and AI optical interconnects, competing to become the platform of choice for next-generation high-speed optical engines.

Broad incumbents

• STMicroelectronics: ST has silicon photonics PDKs (e.g., BiCMOS- and FD-SOI-based) and supplies photonic ICs for data center and sensing applications. As a broad European semiconductor incumbent with photonic integration capability, it overlaps with X-Celeprint's European base and silicon photonics customer set.
• Marvell (Inphi): Marvell, through its Inphi acquisition, leads in high-speed DSP and silicon photonics for cloud and AI data center interconnects. It represents the dominant incumbent roadmaps (DSP+SiPh) that any new photonic integration platform — including MTP-enabled ones — must displace or complement.
• Tower Semiconductor: Tower offers silicon photonics, RF, and analog specialty foundry services, including integrated silicon photonics platforms. As an established specialty foundry it competes with MTP-based approaches for the same CPO and data-center optical component business.
• Intel (Silicon Photonics): Intel has a long-running silicon photonics transceiver business and integrates photonic I/O into CPUs/AI accelerators. As a vertically integrated incumbent with in-house photonic fab capacity, it competes broadly in the same silicon photonics and CPO end-market X-Celeprint's MTP partners serve.
• GlobalFoundries: GlobalFoundries operates the GF Photonics Platform with monolithic silicon photonics on 45nm/9WG. X-Celeprint's MTP competes for the same wafer-scale heterogeneous integration workflow used to build AI optical interconnects and CPO engines.
• Cisco (Acacia): Cisco's Acacia subsidiary designs coherent and pluggable silicon photonics modules for telecom and data-center interconnects. It addresses the same high-speed optical interconnect market that MTP-enabled SiPh components ultimately feed into.

Emerging players

• Lightmatter: Lightmatter builds photonic processors and interconnects for AI datacenters. It shares the same hyperscaler and CPO thesis as X-Celeprint and serves as an emerging silicon-photonics platform competing for AI optical interconnect design wins.
• Celestial AI: Celestial AI is developing silicon photonics interconnect fabrics for AI compute and memory. Like X-Celeprint, it is an emerging player pushing photonic interconnect into AI/HPC systems, and overlaps on the target customer and use-case as MTP-enabled components.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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