# Matt Crowley

> Matt Crowley is the CEO of SCINTIL Photonics, a fabless silicon-photonics company in Grenoble building single-chip DWDM laser engines for AI data centers. A Princeton-trained physicist who grew up in a family of small-business owners, he spent 25 years turning lab-stage technologies into volume products, founding and exiting two MEMS startups (Sand 9 and Vesper Technologies, the latter acquired by Qualcomm) before taking the helm at Scintil in late 2024. He argues the next bottleneck in AI is the network, not the chip, and is betting that light - not copper - will carry it.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer at SCINTIL Photonics
- **Organizations:** SCINTIL Photonics, Qualcomm, Vesper Technologies, Sand 9, Boston University
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Interdisciplinary degree in physics and philosophy of science, Princeton University
- **Known for:** Founded and successfully exited two startups, including one with over 60 million products shipped, Led Vesper Technologies to high-volume production and through its acquisition by Qualcomm, Raised over $50M at Sand 9 and built partnerships with Intel, Ericsson and Analog Devices

## Career timeline

- **1999** — Joins Boston University's venture investment and company-creation group; later becomes Director of the Office of Technology Development
- **2007** — Founds Sand 9, a BU spinout pioneering piezoelectric MEMS for mobile timing; raises over $50M and partners with Intel, Ericsson and Analog Devices
- **2014** — Co-founds Vesper Technologies with Bobby Littrell, betting on piezoelectric MEMS microphones for the voice-interface era; serves as CEO
- **2022** — Moves from CEO to Chief Strategy Officer at Vesper to drive product roadmap and partnerships
- **2023** — Vesper Technologies acquired by Qualcomm; Crowley becomes senior director of business development at Qualcomm
- **2024** — Appointed CEO of SCINTIL Photonics (announced November 19, 2024); founder Sylvie Menezo moves to CTO/managing director; US subsidiary established
- **2025** — Demonstrates LEAF Light DWDM light source at OFC; closes $58M (EUR 50M) Series B led by Yotta Capital Partners and NGP Capital with Nvidia participating

## Achievements

- Founded and successfully exited two startups, including one with over 60 million products shipped
- Led Vesper Technologies to high-volume production and through its acquisition by Qualcomm
- Raised over $50M at Sand 9 and built partnerships with Intel, Ericsson and Analog Devices
- Closed a $58M Series B for Scintil in 2025 with participation from Nvidia
- Brings 25+ years of experience launching and scaling MEMS and semiconductor technologies

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — Scintil closed a $58M (EUR 50M) Series B led by Yotta Capital Partners and NGP Capital, with Nvidia participating, to scale its LEAF Light DWDM light engine for AI factories.
- **2025-03** — Demonstrated the LEAF Light DWDM remote light source at OFC.
- **2024-11** — Appointed CEO of SCINTIL Photonics and opened a US subsidiary to serve datacenter, ML and AI customers.

## Links

- Website: https://scintil-photonics.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewcrowley/

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