TEL AVIV, Israel, April 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Light solvera pioneer in laser-based computing for physics-intensive workloads, today announced a strategic financial partnership with Boeing (NYSE: BA) to advance laser-based computer acceleration for complex engineering simulations. The collaboration focuses on improving the performance, scalability and energy efficiency of critical physics-based modeling that underpins modern engineering design and lifecycle management.
Through this collaboration, Boeing is funding the continued development and optimization of LightSolver’s Laser Processing Unit™, or LPU, with a focus on adapting the technology to real-world technical requirements such as numerical accuracy, repeatability and seamless integration with existing high-performance computing environments.
Boeing’s investments are aimed at advancing LPU capabilities for simulation scenarios involving degradation-induced structural effects that impact long-term material performance, asset life and maintenance planning. These phenomena are governed by large, tightly coupled systems of partial differential equations (PDEs) that remain computationally expensive to solve using conventional GPU-based infrastructures.
Improving simulation reliability and turnaround time is becoming increasingly important for predicting structural behavior, mitigating risks, and controlling life cycle costs of complex engineering systems. Degradation-induced structural challenges represent a multi-trillion-dollar global burden on capital-intensive industries, with independent studies suggesting that a significant portion of these costs could be mitigated by earlier and more accurate models.
LightSolver’s approach introduces a fundamentally different computational paradigm. Instead of approaching physics solely through digital instruction sets, the LPU solves PDEs directly through physical laser dynamics. This enables highly parallel exploration of solution spaces while reducing both power consumption and overall computational costs compared to traditional hardware acceleration approaches.
“Boeing Israel deeply values this strategic partnership with LightSolver for bringing together domain expertise and breakthrough laser-based computing, accelerating our ability to predict, design and maintain safer, more cost-effective systems,” said Ido Nehushtan, president of Boeing Israel. “This collaboration is part of Boeing’s broader strategy to identify and partner with Israeli high-tech companies that strengthen Israel’s aerospace sector and the technology ecosystem that drives innovation. By working with LightSolver, we combine Boeing’s technical scale and operational experience with LightSolver’s breakthrough expertise to transform promising research into practical, deployable tools – a clear example of how targeted investments and meaningful partnerships can translate breakthrough science into real-world impact.”
With LPU accelerated simulation, engineering teams can iterate faster, explore broader design spaces, and discover insights earlier in the development lifecycle. Major improvements in simulation speed can shorten validation cycles while reducing the computational overhead associated with large-scale scenario analysis. The technology is designed to work within hybrid computer architectures, complementing rather than replacing classic processors.
“Boeing’s involvement represents an important validation of physics-based computing as a practical tool for solving real-world engineering challenges,” said Ruti Ben-Shlomi, CEO and co-founder of LightSolver. “This partnership demonstrates how laser-based acceleration can extend beyond research environments and into production workflows where simulation accuracy, scalability and cost efficiency directly impact business outcomes.”
While driven by Boeing’s technical priorities, the capabilities of this collaboration should extend across industries that rely heavily on large-scale, physics-based modeling, including aerospace, energy, transportation and infrastructure. The partnership underscores a broader industry shift toward physics-native computing as organizations seek more efficient ways to address complex simulation bottlenecks.
About Boeing
As a leading global aerospace company and the largest U.S. exporter, Boeing develops, produces and maintains commercial aircraft, defense products and space systems for customers in more than 150 countries. Our U.S. and global workforce and supplier base drive innovation, economic opportunity, sustainability and community impact. Boeing is committed to fostering a culture based on our core values of safety, quality and integrity.
About LightSolver
LightSolver is developing an all-optical, laser-based computing paradigm designed to solve large, complex computing problems at the speed of light. The patented Laser Processing Unit™ (LPU) uses laser interference patterns to address challenges traditionally limited by electronic computing – while operating at room temperature and fitting in a standard rack unit.
LightSolver, founded in 2020 by Dr. Ruti Ben-Shlomi and Dr. Chene Tradonsky, physicists at the Weizmann Institute of Science, is supported in part by funding from the European Innovation Council. The company’s multidisciplinary team consists of experts in physics, mathematics and computer science.
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