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Acacia Communications company history timeline

2009

Yet our founders, Mehrdad Givehchi, Benny P. Mikkelsen, and Christian J. Rasmussen saw an opportunity in 2009 to combine the processing power of silicon based integrated circuits with emerging silicon photonics technology.

2010

Early 2010 Raj Shanmugaraj joins as CEO

2011

March 2011 Company triples lab facilities to accommodate rapid growth

2014

March 2014 Acacia is first to ship samples of a pluggable coherent 100G CFP module, AC-100

August 2014 Acacia ranked fifth in Inc.

2015

March 2015 Announces the industry’s first flex-rate coherent 400G transceiver module, the AC-400

2016

March 2016 Introduces CFP2-ACO based on silicon photonic PIC

2016 was an exciting and successful year for Acacia, from completing our IPO in May to doubling our revenues and nearly quadrupling our non-GAAP net income.

Nov 2016 Samples industry’s first coherent CFP2-DCO

2017

May 2017 Marks Company Growth With Office Expansion

June 2017 Acacia Communications’ CEO and Founders Named EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2017 in New England

2018

Mar 2018 Acacia demonstrates 1.2 Tbps AC1200 coherent module for DCI, metro, and long-haul

Dec 2018 AC1200 enables first 400G transmission across 6,600km Trans-Atlantic Marea Cable

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Founded
2009
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Headquarters
Maynard, MA
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Founders
Benny P. Mikkelsen,Mehrdad Givehchi,Eric A. Swanson,Christian J. Rasmussen
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