Photon Highway: How Dual-Use Laser Comms Will Redefine Space, Security, and Connectivity

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Tech Command Investing

Alain Gavin – Entrepreneur, Investor, Vlogger

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6 days ago

Welcome to Tech Command Investing — the podcast decoding the technologies that will define national power in the decade ahead. From innovation in space, defence, and cybersecurity to the dual-use breakthroughs reshaping geopolitics, host Alain Gavin explores how sovereigns, strategics, and venture investors are backing the founders building tomorrow’s critical systems. Whether you're a policymaker, funder, or operator, this is where frontier technology meets national strategy.

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Photon Highway: How Dual-Use Laser Comms Will Redefine Space, Security, and Connectivity

Tech Command Investing

48 minutes 48 seconds

4 months ago

Photon Highway: How Dual-Use Laser Comms Will Redefine Space, Security, and Connectivity

Laser communications aren’t just a step forward. They represent a whole new frontier for defence, connectivity, and global infrastructure. With data demands skyrocketing and RF networks approaching their limits, optical satellite links are fast emerging as the backbone of tomorrow’s secure, high-throughput systems.

In this episode of Tech Command Investing, host Alain Gavin sits down with Jean-François Morizur, founder and CEO of Cailabs, to explore the rise of dual-use laser communications and their strategic potential. From battlefield coordination to autonomous operations, we uncover how this French deep-tech startup is carving out a critical role in one of the most advanced corners of space and defence technology.

Jean-François unpacks the breakthrough that’s helping Cailabs overcome atmospheric turbulence, one of the last great technical hurdles to scaling laser comms, and explains why this could unlock real-time, unjammable connectivity between orbit and Earth.

We also dive into the investor landscape, the battle for spectrum dominance, and how AI is fuelling unprecedented demand for high-bandwidth, low-latency links from space to edge. With €46 million raised and defence agencies already taking notice, this conversation charts where laser comms are heading and why they might soon be as essential as GPS.

From ISR to finance, disaster relief to telecoms, laser comms could redefine how power, data, and security are projected on a global scale.

📡 Explore the future of frictionless, secure space connectivity in this game-changing episode.

📊 Key figures and diagrams from this episode: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/i4lrnq5yayh2j76p2iekz/ABqUmNO0gA8ilY3nWACz3us?rlkey=xqyttzqgpovuxhhnhw920as49&st=r8bnuomf&dl=0📚 Additional resources mentioned in this episode:The Economist – DARPA, lasers and an internet in orbithttps://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2023/02/08/darpa-lasers-and-an-internet-in-orbit?giftId=797a7a46-52c2-47ba-84c3-a6d9d8c1dc49Reddit – Ongoing discussion on r/lasercomhttps://www.reddit.com/r/lasercom/s/DAQ0SGbfdv

💼 Are you a strategic investor exploring dual-use tech in space, defence or advanced comms? Let’s connect. Book a 1:1 here: 🔗 https://calendly.com/podcast-psion/30min

🎧 Tune in now to understand why laser communications are no longer sci-fi. They are the infrastructure behind the next era of space-enabled security and sovereignty.