LightSolver Wins Approval for $1.8 Million Israeli Grant for Laser Computing

Israel Innovation Authority has approved approximately $1.8 million in research and development funding for LightSolver, parent company CollPlant announced on November 5. The grant is intended to advance the Israeli company's Laser Processing Unit, or LPU, an all-optical computing platform that uses lasers. The disclosure described a program aimed at moving the technology toward commercialization. The planned work includes new LPU hardware for solving partial differential equations, mathematical problems used in scientific and engineering simulations. LightSolver also intends to expand algorithms and tools in its LPU Lab so customers can conduct their own research and development. Another part of the program concerns integrating the platform into high-performance computing environments alongside conventional central processing units and graphics processing units. LightSolver co-founder and chief executive Dr. Ruti Ben Shlomi described the goal as moving “from a validated platform toward commercial systems.” CollPlant said the authority's review considered the technology's innovation and feasibility, its commercial potential and its expected contribution to Israel's economy. The program also includes work on hardware and software architectures and on calibration and control capabilities. The approval remains subject to the authority's customary terms and conditions. CollPlant cautioned that receipt of the grant, its amount and timing, and the program's outcomes remain conditional. The announcement therefore establishes funding approval rather than confirmation that the money has already been received. It did not specify a commercialization deadline or a date for customer deployment.