What Atomica Corporation does

Atomica Corporation (formerly Innovative Micro Technology, Inc.) is a U.S.-based pure-play MEMS microfabrication foundry that provides rapid prototyping and scalable production of wafer-level devices for photonics, sensors, biotechnology, and MEMS applications. The company operates a 30,000-square-foot Class 100 cleanroom within a 130,000-square-foot facility on a 13-acre campus in Goleta, California, supported by more than 400 tools capable of processing both 6-inch and 8-inch wafers. Its technical stack spans photolithography (including greyscale and phase-shift mask), PVD/CVD/ALD deposition, electroplating and electroless plating, DRIE and other dry etch processes, multiple wafer bonding modalities, and AI-enhanced metrology. Atomica has built more than 20 standardized process platforms (including Interposer, SiOB, Microlens, TGV, TSV, V-Groove, Waveguide, WLP, and various sensor and microfluidic platforms) on top of a Common Block Library of microfabrication process capabilities, with 30+ patents held by CTO Darwin Enicks.

The company generates revenue through custom wafer foundry services, design and engineering services, and platform-based development engagements on a quote-based, project-by-project basis. Atomica serves enterprise customers across AI infrastructure and photonics, sensors, biotechnology, aerospace and defense, automotive, consumer electronics, and industrial markets using a direct enterprise field sales motion, beginning with content-driven demand generation and progressing through Account Development Representative qualification to engineering consultations and custom project scoping. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, and the GTM is direct-only with no resellers or marketplace channels. Atomica holds ISO 9001 certification (since 2006) and ITAR registration, enabling defense work, and has over 20 PhDs on staff drawing on the adjacent UCSB talent base. The company is privately held and controlled by Cerium Technology following a 2018 majority equity buyout of IMT, and raised a $30 million Series C in 2022 led by Cerium Technology Ventures with Novo Tellus Capital Partners and St. Cloud Capital.

Name

Atomica Corporation

Legal name

Atomica Corp.

Website

https://atomica.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Atomica is a U.S.-based pure-play MEMS microfabrication foundry offering rapid prototyping and scalable production for photonics, sensors, biotechnology, and AI optical applications. It serves enterprise customers via a 30,000 sq ft Class 100 cleanroom and 400+ tool platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Semiconductor Foundry Services

NAICS

Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing (33441), Printed Circuit Assembly (Electronic Assembly) Manufacturing (334418)

SIC

Semiconductors & Related Devices (3674), Optical Instruments & Lenses (3827)

akta.pro primary industry

System-in-Package (SiP) & Module Assembly (RF modules, power modules) (HDAHADAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Wafer Services & Reclaim (Epitaxy, Thinning, Reclaim) (HDAHACAH), Assembly & Packaging Services (Wirebond/Flip-Chip/FCBGA) (HDAHADAA), Optoelectronics & Photonics (LED/Laser/Optical ICs) (HDAHAAAH)

Keywords

• MEMS foundry services
• Wafer-level microfabrication
• Photonics wafer fabrication
• Sensor microfabrication
• BioMEMS manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

Burlingame

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Wafer Foundry Services: Atomica operates as a pure-play MEMS microfabrication foundry providing rapid prototyping and scalable production of wafer-level devices for photonics, sensors, biotechnology, and MEMS applications. Revenue is generated through custom wafer fabrication services, design services, and process development engagements. Customers pay for wafer processing, design consultation, prototyping, and volume production based on project complexity, wafer volume, and process requirements.
2. Design and Engineering Services: Atomica offers chip design and modeling services including design from customer specifications (MEMS, packaging, circuit boards, systems), design for manufacturability (Monte Carlo analysis, design adaptation for wafer processing), engineering and modeling (test structure design, multi-physics FEA, CFD, magnetics, high-frequency analysis, Spice simulations). These services complement wafer foundry capabilities as a full turn-key foundry service provider.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Atomica is a U.S.-based pure-play MEMS microfabrication foundry that provides rapid prototyping and scalable production of wafer-level devices for photonics, sensors, biotechnology, and MEMS applications. Operating from a 30,000-square-foot Class 100 cleanroom with over 400 tools supporting 6-inch and 8-inch wafer processing, the company delivers custom wafer fabrication, design and engineering services, simulation and modeling, and standardized process platforms across more than 20 process capabilities.

Product overview

Atomica Corporation is a U.S.-based microfabrication foundry offering a comprehensive portfolio of platforms and foundry services for AI infrastructure, photonics, sensors, biotechnology, and MEMS applications. The company operates through four core application platforms (Photonics, Sensors, Biotechnology, and MEMS), supported by a broad suite of foundry services including photolithography, deposition, plating, dry/wet etching, wafer bonding, backend processing, testing, and metrology. Specialized AI-focused platforms include the AI Optical Source Platform (for compact laser sources and fiber coupling) and AI Optical Connectivity Platform (for optical connectivity in AI infrastructure). The company also offers AI-enhanced simulation and modeling services, along with multiple process-specific platforms (Interposer, Microlens, Micromirror, SiOB, TGV, TSV, V Groove, Waveguide, WLP, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Pressure Sensor, Microfluidic platforms) that enable rapid prototyping and scalable production using standardized structures from the Atomica Common Block Library.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Photonics Platform A microfabrication platform for optical communications, 3D sensing, LiDAR, AR/VR, thermal imaging, illumination, and other optical sensing applications. Targets customers developing photonic devices for AI infrastructure, data centers, autonomous vehicles, and consumer electronics.
• Sensors Platform MEMS fabrication platform for thermal imaging sensors (micro-bolometers, thermopiles), inertial measurement units (accelerometers, gyroscopes, magnetometers), microphones, gas and chemical sensors, pressure sensors, flow sensors, humidity sensors, radiation and X-ray sensors, and RF devices.
• Biotechnology Platform Microfabrication platform for life science applications including genomics, drug delivery, molecular diagnostics, cell therapy, cytometry, and bioMEMS devices such as neural probes, biosensors, microfluidic lab-on-a-chip devices, microneedles, and molecular diagnostics.
• MEMS Platform Custom MEMS fabrication services for virtually any type of MEMS device. Atomica has worked on hundreds of different MEMS projects spanning accelerometers, actuators, neural probes, waveguides, VOAs, and other MEMS device types.
• AI Optical Source Platform Microfabrication platform addressing the laser source bottleneck in AI infrastructure, enabling customers to build compact laser sources, thermal stability structures, sub-micron fiber coupling, and manufacturable AI optical interconnect for AI hardware applications.
• AI Optical Connectivity Platform Microfabrication platform addressing the physical bandwidth bottleneck in AI infrastructure for optical connectivity, supporting precision fiber alignment, optical packaging, photonic integration, and thermal management microstructures.
• Simulation and Modeling Services Computational simulation services using finite element analysis (FEA) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to analyze device behavior under mechanical, electrostatic, and thermal stress before fabrication, including multi-physics FEA, Ansys full physics modeling, HFSS, magnetics analysis, high-frequency analysis, and Spice simulations.
• Design Services Chip design and modeling services including design from customer specifications (MEMS, packaging, circuit boards, systems), design for manufacturability (Monte Carlo analysis, design adaptation for wafer processing), engineering and modeling (test structure design, multi-physics FEA, CFD, magnetics, high-frequency analysis, Spice simulations).

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 99% hermeticity achieved in wafer-level packaging with projects using up to 6 wafers for integration
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Miltenyi BioteccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAtomica partnered with Miltenyi Biotec to develop a gentle, ultrafast microfluidic cell valve that enables cell sorting with high cell purity and viability. The collaboration produced what Atomica describes as 'the world's most sophisticated MEMS device' — a cell sorter device enabling next-generation cell therapies such as CAR-T and stem-cell therapies. This is referenced as a case study demonstrating Atomica's capabilities in cell therapy and cytometry applications.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• GlobalFoundries: Large-scale US-domiciled semiconductor foundry with MEMS, photonics, and RF process offerings. Comparable to Atomica as a US-based foundry serving MEMS/photonics customers, though with substantially broader scale and CMOS-focused process technology.
• Tower Semiconductor: Global specialty foundry focused on analog, RF, MEMS, and power devices. Comparable to Atomica in serving MEMS and photonic customers with specialty process platforms, though at much larger scale and broader geographic footprint.
• SkyWater Technology: US-based specialty foundry offering wafer fabrication services including MEMS, photonics, and emerging device categories. Comparable to Atomica as a US-domiciled specialty foundry, though with broader CMOS-compatible process focus.
• TSMC (Specialty / MEMS business): World's largest foundry with MEMS, photonics, and specialty process offerings via its specialty technology platforms. Comparable to Atomica in offering MEMS wafer fabrication services at the highest technology nodes, though at incomparably larger scale and with a primarily CMOS-aligned roadmap.
• Teledyne Technologies (Microwave & MEMS): Diversified industrial conglomerate with MEMS/sensor manufacturing operations, including legacy Teledyne Scientific & Imaging MEMS foundry capability. Comparable as a US-based MEMS manufacturer serving defense, aerospace, and commercial customers, though part of a much broader portfolio.
• Microchip Technology (MEMS operations): US-based semiconductor company with internal MEMS sensor and timing device manufacturing capabilities. Comparable to Atomica in targeting MEMS sensor customers and offering wafer-level packaging, though Microchip is a fabless-integrated product company rather than a pure foundry.
• Innovative Silicon (ISSI / Cirrus Logic MEMS): MEMS microphone and sensor manufacturers with internal fab capabilities that compete for MEMS design wins. Comparable to Atomica in targeting MEMS sensor customers, though they integrate vertically rather than operating as a pure foundry.

Direct peers

• Silex Microsystems: Sweden-based pure-play MEMS foundry offering wafer fabrication, packaging, and process development services for MEMS and photonics customers. Closest direct peer to Atomica due to similar pure-play MEMS foundry positioning, heterogeneous material handling, and project-based custom engagements.
• X-FAB Silicon Foundries: Europe- and US-based specialty analog/mixed-signal and MEMS foundry offering wafer fabrication across multiple fabs. Directly comparable to Atomica as a specialty foundry serving MEMS, sensor, and photonics customers with process platforms and rapid prototyping.

Regional players

• Philips Innovation Services / MiPlaza: European MEMS and microfabrication foundry serving medical, sensor, and photonics customers with prototyping and low-volume production. Comparable to Atomica in offering heterogeneous MEMS fabrication and wafer-level packaging, but with a primarily European customer base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/atomica-mems

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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