Foceon

Every surface, perfectly figured.

Seed · Apr 2025 Precision-optics AI Active

The autonomous operations layer for precision-optics manufacturing — converged figure, sub-nanometer roughness, on-spec coatings, and fewer scratch-dig rejects and rework.

Illustrative profile. Foceon is presented to show how AWSM VC lists a portfolio company. Concept and funding date are indicative; founders, team size, and roles are illustrative until publicly announced.

Active founders

Hannah Weiss

Co-founder & CEO

Optical engineer who spent years hand-tuning polishing runs toward converged figure.

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Kenji Sato

Co-founder & CTO

Metrology and controls researcher who closed the loop on deterministic figuring.

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Latest news

Laser Focus World · 2025 Foceon raises seed to figure optics autonomously Illustrative
Photonics Spectra · 2025 Deterministic figuring reaches the optics fab Illustrative

Jobs at Foceon

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Founding Optics Engineer

Rochester / Hybrid · 4+ years

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Metrology Solutions Lead

Remote (US) · $150K – $200K

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Applied AI Engineer

Rochester · 3+ years

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