LightCom brings together research leadership, semiconductor operating depth, and company-building experience around one thesis: AI performance will increasingly be decided at the interconnect layer.
Firooz Aflatouni
Chief Scientific Advisor
Dr. Aflatouni is Professor of Electrical and Systems Engineering at UPenn and leads the Electronic Photonic Microsystems Lab. His work spans integrated photonics, high-performance optical systems, and pioneering photonic neural-network research, supported by leading institutional programs including DARPA, NASA/JPL, and ONR.
Masoud Djafari
CEO
Masoud Djafari brings decades of leadership across semiconductor systems and communications technologies. His operating background across WiLinx, ConnectCom, Microchip, and Synaptics helps position LightCom to translate difficult technical breakthroughs into commercial infrastructure products.
Ali Fakhari
President and CFO
Ali Fakhari leads strategy, operations, and capital formation at LightCom. His background across Bain & Company, PE & venture-backed businesses, and institutional leadership helps combine decades of go-to-market rigor with disciplined execution.
Babak Razi
Chairman
Babak Razi brings extensive experience in venture development, corporate strategy, and semiconductor commercialization. His work across Third Wave Ventures, Innovent, Ingenu Wireless, Ostendo, and multiple board roles strengthens LightCom’s path from breakthrough architecture to strategic company building.
Strategic Advisors
Co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of LitePoint, a revolutionary wireless business Teradyne acquired for $510M to expand its semiconductor testing platform. Pioneered using advanced silicon for radio-frequency circuits to redefine wireless test solutions. Inventor of more than 50 wireless-system patents. Served as system radio architect at National Semiconductor, with more than 25 years of technology leadership
Member of the National Academy of Sciences and Jensen Huang Professor of Global Leadership and Electrical Engineering at Stanford. Leads Stanford’s Nanoscale and Quantum Photonics Lab and pioneered practical photonic inverse design for chip-scale optical devices. Co-founder and lead scientific advisor of SPINS Photonics. Former Stanford Electrical Engineering chair and inaugural director of the Stanford-SLAC Quantum Initiative.