Less than a year ago, Taara graduated from X, Google’s Moonshot Factory, and became an independent company. I told our team this was not the finish line - it was the starting point for the vision we’d been building toward for years.

Today, we’re taking our most significant step in that direction. We’re introducing the Taara Photonics Platform, a radical new approach to connectivity that moves the core functionality of high-speed communications into a silicon-based system using solid-state beam steering to control light without any moving parts. And with it, we’re unveiling Taara Beam, the first product built on this platform. Together, they mark a shift from networks defined by physical constraints to infrastructure that can be deployed quickly, scaled flexibly, and improved over time.

Every generation of connectivity reshapes how people live and work. Today, the acceleration of AI is exposing infrastructure bottlenecks we can’t dig our way out of. Fiber is fast, but permits, right-of-way approvals, and months of trenching slow deployment. At the same time, radiofrequency spectrum is increasingly congested and expensive to license.

At Taara, we’re not trying to incrementally improve these systems. We’re removing the constraints that limit how fast networks can evolve – delivering the speeds of fiber but over the air.

A finger-sized revolution

To make this possible, we had to rethink how light is controlled. The Taara Photonics Platform brings the core functionality of a traditional communications system into a photonic module the size of a finger.


At its core is an optical phased array containing over a thousand miniature light emitters. This allows us to track, shape, and steer beams of light electronically, reducing reliance on bulky mechanical systems and enabling a shift towards exponentially scalable, solid-state architecture.

Because it is built on silicon, the platform follows a familiar trajectory: each generation can become more capable and more cost-efficient – similar to how semiconductor platforms have evolved.

Mechanical systems helped us move from concept to early deployment. Silicon photonics is what transforms Taara from a connectivity solution into a platform that can scale and adapt across industries.

Fiber-speed performance. Wireless flexibility

Taara Beam is the first product built on this photonics platform. It transmits data as invisible beams of near-infrared light – the same light used inside fiber optic cables, but through the air.


Beam delivers up to 25 Gbps of bidirectional throughput over distances up to 10 kilometers, with ultra-low latency. It can be deployed on rooftops, poles, or existing infrastructure in hours, without trenching, spectrum licensing, or right-of-way permits.

Where traditional infrastructure is slow or impractical to build, Beam provides a faster, more flexible alternative.

From extending reach to expanding networks

Taara Lightbridge demonstrated how light can extend connectivity across difficult terrain – rivers, mountains, and dense urban environments – and is now deployed in over 20 countries with partners including T-Mobile, SoftBank, Airtel, and Digicel.


Taara Beam is designed for the next phase: increasing network density and flexibility. It enables high-bandwidth connectivity across urban rooftops, enterprise campuses, data center clusters, and event venues.

Over time, networks built on this platform can evolve into highly distributed, high-capacity mesh systems – supporting applications that require real-time responsiveness, from AI infrastructure to autonomous systems and industrial operations.

Lightbridge proved light could fill the gaps. Beam will prove light can build a better network, bringing the benefits of wireless optical communication closer to the edge.

The speed of light for the age of AI

We are in the early stages of one of the largest infrastructure buildouts in decades. Global data center expenditure is projected to reach $7 trillion by 2030.


AI doesn’t just require more compute — it requires radically more bandwidth within and between facilities, lower latency at the edge, superb security, and networks that can be deployed on the timeline of software, not civil engineering.

Light-based connectivity sits at the intersection of these needs. The Taara Photonics Platform is designed to evolve along a similar trajectory that semiconductors have for decades — becoming faster and cheaper with each generation.

See the light at MWC Barcelona 2026

Taking technology out of the lab and into the real world is what we do best. Next month, Taara Beam will make its official industry debut at Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona 2026, where I’ll be headlining the "Game Changers" stage with a live demonstration of the technology.

We are just getting started on this new architectural leap. If you are an operator, service provider, or industry innovator looking to break the physical limits of your network, we want to talk to you.

We're just getting started. And we're doing it right with light.

Join us at MWC: Reach out to info@taaraconnect.com to request a private briefing, secure early access to Taara Beam, or join our Taara Partner Roundtable in Barcelona.