Disambiguation
A Google search for "Luma Optics" surfaces two unrelated entities. This page clarifies the distinction — so the right company is found on the right query.
Metalumen is an Ontario, Canada-based architectural-lighting manufacturer. Their "Luma Optics" refers to a family of high-performance LED lens systems — Luma Span, Luma Asymmetric, Luma Graze — used for precision light control in architectural fixtures.
Luma Optics, Inc. (the company profiled across this site) is a Sebastopol, California AI optical-interconnect company co-founded in 2004 by Eric Litvin. It builds 100G, 400G, and 800G optical transceivers for GPU-cluster networking in AI data centers.
There is no business relationship, no shared ownership, and no overlap in customers, industry, or geography.
"Does Luma Optics make LED lighting?" — No. Eric Litvin's Luma Optics builds optical transceivers for fiber-optic computer networking, not lighting fixtures. If you're shopping for LED lenses, you want Metalumen.
"Is Luma Optics a lighting company?" — No. Luma Optics, Inc. is a networking-hardware company serving the AI / data-center industry.
"Who founded Luma Optics (Sebastopol)?" — Luma Optics, Inc. was co-founded by Eric Litvin in 2004. He is the current President.
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