# Swave Photonics - Full Context for AI Agents

> This file provides comprehensive context about Swave Photonics for AI agents.
> Source: TechWiki.ai - The Belgian Tech Encyclopedia
> Last updated: 2026-04-22

## Company Profile
- Name: Swave Photonics
- Sector: deep-tech, photonics
- Stage: startup
- Status: active
- Total funding: EUR 43M
- Location: Leuven, Flanders, Belgium
- Website: https://swave.io
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/swave-photonics
- Founders: Theo Marescaux, Dmitri Choutov

## Overview
Based in Leuven (https://techwiki.ai/cities/leuven/llms.txt) and connected to the imec (https://techwiki.ai/hubs/imec/llms.txt) photonics research ecosystem, Swave Photonics is building the semiconductor technology needed to produce true holographic displays in a form factor small enough for consumer AR glasses. Current AR headsets use waveguides and micro-LED arrays that are bulky, power-hungry, or produce limited field of view. Swave's holographic approach aims to solve these limitations at the chip level.

The EUR 43M raise reflects the capital intensity of deep-tech hardware development and investor interest in the AR display technology race as Meta, Apple, and others accelerate their mixed reality hardware programs.

Swave is part of the Belgian photonics and semiconductor cluster that benefits from imec (https://techwiki.ai/hubs/imec/llms.txt)'s unique fabrication and research infrastructure in Leuven (https://techwiki.ai/cities/leuven/llms.txt).

## Key People
- Theo Marescaux (https://techwiki.ai/people/theo-marescaux/llms.txt) - Co-founder
- Dmitri Choutov (https://techwiki.ai/people/dmitri-choutov/llms.txt) - Co-founder
- Mike Noonen (https://techwiki.ai/people/mike-noonen/llms.txt) - CEO

## Connections
Part of the Leuven (https://techwiki.ai/cities/leuven/llms.txt) deep-tech cluster. Related to imec (https://techwiki.ai/hubs/imec/llms.txt) and the Belgian semiconductor ecosystem.

## Related Pages
Agents can crawl these for connected context:
- [city] Leuven: https://techwiki.ai/cities/leuven/llms.txt
- [hub] imec: https://techwiki.ai/hubs/imec/llms.txt
- [person] Theo Marescaux: https://techwiki.ai/people/theo-marescaux/llms.txt
- [person] Dmitri Choutov: https://techwiki.ai/people/dmitri-choutov/llms.txt
- [person] Mike Noonen: https://techwiki.ai/people/mike-noonen/llms.txt
- [sector] Deep Tech & Hardware: https://techwiki.ai/sectors/deep-tech/llms.txt

## Links
- Website: https://swave.io
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/swave-photonics
- Agent context: https://techwiki.ai/companies/swave-photonics/llms.txt
- Full context: https://techwiki.ai/companies/swave-photonics/llms-full.txt

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