Co-founder / CEORenato Juliano Martins, Ph.D
CEO
Physicist and founder leading Flatlight's strategy, partnerships, and product direction.
COMPANY
Born from research.Built for industry.
Flatlight was founded in 2024 to industrialize years of research in programmable optics and active metasurfaces.
The company is building NanoSLM: a compact programmable optical-control platform for AI optical switching, optical links, and quantum control.
2011
Scientific foundations
Research in active metasurfaces begins, establishing new approaches for controlling light at subwavelength scales.
2011-2024
Technology maturation
Research across CNRS and multiple partners advances programmable photonics, active metasurfaces, and optical systems.
2024
Flatlight founded
The founding team establishes Flatlight to commercialize programmable optical-control hardware through NanoSLM.
Today
Building NanoSLM
Flatlight is developing compact programmable optical-control hardware for AI optical switching, optical links, and quantum control.
Core team
The people building Flatlight.
A small team combining company building, photonics research, nanofabrication, and optical-system engineering.
Co-founder / CEO
Co-founder / CTOEmil Marinov, Ph.D
CTO
Photonics engineer driving NanoSLM development, fabrication, integration, and supply-chain execution.
Co-founder / CSOProf. Patrice Genevet, Ph.D
CSO
Metasurface pioneer guiding Flatlight's scientific direction and long-term technology strategy.
Contact
Discuss your optical-control challenge.
Flatlight is developing hardware for partners working on AI infrastructure, optical networking, and quantum technologies.