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Pixcel

PIXCEL Inc. is an early-stage deep-tech startup developing cutting-edge silicon photonics solutions and photonic integrated circuits (PICs) for optical communications and related systems. Based in Matawan, NJ, and co-founded by silicon photonics veteran Long Chen (previously at Cisco Systems and Acacia Communications), the company designs passive and active photonic components and collaborates with foundry partners to optimize process design kits (PDKs). PIXCEL is a hardware and semiconductor company with no public API, developer portal, or software product surface at this time; it was surfaced as a portfolio company of Matrix Partners and added to the API Evangelist network as a lead. This profile reflects an enrichment pass that confirmed there is no API surface to catalog.

Pixcel is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, B2B, Silicon Photonics, Photonics, and Semiconductors.

Pixcel’s developer surface includes support and 3 more developer resources.

6.0/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
0 APIs
CompanyB2BSilicon PhotonicsPhotonicsSemiconductorsPhotonic Integrated CircuitsOptical CommunicationsHardwareDeep Tech

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
Create-or-Update Ergonomics could not be measured. We hold no machine-readable contract for this provider to read, so there is nothing to measure a write surface against. Excluded rather than scored zero: never-measured and measured-empty are different facts. Publishing an OpenAPI is what makes this facet — and several others — scorable at all.
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Security Posture 1

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Pixcel Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS

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Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: pixcel
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - none
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/pixcel.png
name: Pixcel
description: PIXCEL Inc. is an early-stage deep-tech startup developing cutting-edge silicon photonics solutions and photonic
  integrated circuits (PICs) for optical communications and related systems. Based in Matawan, NJ, and co-founded by silicon
  photonics veteran Long Chen (previously at Cisco Systems and Acacia Communications), the company designs passive and active
  photonic components and collaborates with foundry partners to optimize process design kits (PDKs). PIXCEL is a hardware
  and semiconductor company with no public API, developer portal, or software product surface at this time; it was surfaced
  as a portfolio company of Matrix Partners and added to the API Evangelist network as a lead. This profile reflects an enrichment
  pass that confirmed there is no API surface to catalog.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pixcel/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- matrix-partners
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- B2B
- Silicon Photonics
- Photonics
- Semiconductors
- Photonic Integrated Circuits
- Optical Communications
- Hardware
- Deep Tech
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/pixcel-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.pixcel.com
- type: Support
  url: https://www.pixcel.com/contact
- type: Careers
  url: https://jobs.lever.co/pixcel
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: minimal
  artifacts_added: 1
  pass: local-v1

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