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Optical Supply Chain: What would you buy?

This week, we move from optics technology to optics companies. We walk the AI optical supply chain from bottom to top. Main debate: Who has a moat? Who is already priced for perfection? Not investment advice, do your own due diligence. This is for educational purposes only. Austin's Substack: https://www.chipstrat.com/ Vik's Substack: https://www.viksnewsletter.com/ Companies discussed: AXTI - Indium phosphide substrate supplier. Critical bottleneck in the laser stack. Major China export-control risk. Massive stock run vs thin earnings. Tower Semiconductor - Leading silicon photonics foundry. 5x capacity expansion with customer prepayments. Strong process lock-in. Pure-play optics exposure. GlobalFoundries - 300mm monolithic photonics platform + Chips Act support. Optics growing fast but still small piece of overall business. Lumentum - Dominant EML laser supplier. Explosive AI demand. Strong technical moat. Valuation and capex sensitivity are key risks. Coherent - Vertically integrated from substrate to module. 6-inch InP push could lower costs structurally. Execution and margin mix matter. Fabrinet - Optics assembly partner. High NVIDIA exposure. Scales with industry, but dependent on upstream supply. Corning - AI data centers require far more fiber than traditional cloud. $6B Meta deal adds visibility. Timing of scale-up optics is the swing factor. Timestamps 00:01 Intro 06:59 AXT $AXTI 13:38 Tower Semiconductor $TSEM 23:58 GlobalFoundries $GFS 32:43 Lumentum $LITE 39:38 Coherent $COHR 47:09 Fabrinet $FN 54:07 Corning $GLW