Q/C Technologies Appoints Veteran Silicon Photonics Engineer Yossef Ehrlichman as Founding Manager, Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) Development
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Q/C Technologies (Nasdaq: QCLS) appointed Yossef Ehrlichman, Ph.D. as Founding Manager, Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) Development. He will lead engineering for the company’s optical processing unit (OPU) initiative, focusing on Q/C’s proprietary silicon photonic architecture for AI inference performance, bandwidth and energy demands.
According to Q/C Technologies, Dr. Ehrlichman brings over fifteen years’ experience in designing, fabricating and commercializing silicon, silicon-nitride and hybrid PICs, with multiple U.S. patents and peer-reviewed publications. He previously held senior engineering roles at Bascom Hunter Technologies, Raytheon and Axalume, and conducted postdoctoral research at UC San Diego and the University of Colorado Boulder.
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| Date | Event | Sentiment | 24h Move | Catalyst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30 | Headquarters relocation | Positive | +5.4% | Headquarters relocation and planned integrated photonics laboratory supported the optical AI initiative. |
| Mar 18 | OPU initiative launch | Positive | -0.5% | Launch of proprietary silicon photonic OPU initiative targeting AI inference architecture development. |
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San Francisco, Aug. 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Q/C Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: QCLS) (“Q/C Technologies” or “the Company”), a developer of next-generation optical computing solutions, today announced the appointment of Yossef Ehrlichman, Ph.D. as Founding Manager, Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) Development.
Dr. Ehrlichman will lead engineering efforts for the Company's optical processing unit (OPU) initiative, overseeing development of Q/C's proprietary silicon photonic architecture designed to address the increasing performance, bandwidth and energy demands of artificial intelligence inference.
Dr. Ehrlichman has more than fifteen years of experience in designing, fabricating and commercializing silicon PICs. Throughout his career he has led the design and tape-out of silicon, silicon-nitride and hybrid photonic integrated circuits while overseeing system integration, high-speed testing, and product commercialization. He is an inventor on multiple U.S. patents and has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications in integrated photonics.
Prior to joining Q/C Technologies, Dr. Ehrlichman held senior engineering positions at Bascom Hunter Technologies, Raytheon, and Axalume, where he led development of advanced photonic integrated circuits for communications, sensing, and high-performance optical systems. He also served as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, San Diego and the University of Colorado Boulder after earning his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Tel Aviv University.
"We are excited to welcome Yossi to Q/C Technologies," said Joshua Silverman, Executive Chairman. "As we continue building our proprietary optical computing platform, attracting engineers with Yossi's depth of experience is central to our strategy. His proven track record developing silicon photonic integrated circuits from concept through commercialization significantly strengthens our engineering capabilities and accelerates our path toward developing proprietary optical computing technologies."
"Photonic computing will ultimately be won by engineering execution," said Chelsea Voss, Director of Q/C Technologies. "Yossi has spent more than fifteen years taking photonic integrated circuits from architecture through tape-out, testing, and commercialization. That depth of experience is exceptionally difficult to find and represents an important step as we build a world-class photonics engineering team."
Dr. Ehrlichman added, "Artificial intelligence is driving demand for fundamentally new computing architectures capable of delivering greater bandwidth and energy efficiency. I believe photonic integrated circuits have the potential to play an important role in the future of AI computing, and I'm excited to join Q/C Technologies as we pursue innovative optical architectures and build proprietary intellectual property."
The appointment represents another milestone in Q/C's Optical Processing Unit initiative announced earlier this year. The Company continues to expand its engineering organization with experts spanning artificial intelligence, silicon photonics, semiconductor engineering, and advanced computing as it develops proprietary optical processing technologies for next-generation AI infrastructure.
About Q/C Technologies, Inc.
Q/C Technologies believes the next leap in frontier computing is optical. The Company is pioneering next-generation optical computing solutions designed to harness the properties of light to perform complex computations naturally via interference. Overcoming key challenges posed by electronic GPUs, Q/C Technologies seeks to develop proprietary optical processing units with orders of magnitude faster clock speed and bandwidth and vastly improved energy efficiency relative to traditional computing architectures. qctechnologies.com
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