ALCHLIGHT, LLC

Rochester, NY · Aerospace · Private

Superhydrophobic polycarbonate sheets produced via femtosecond pulsed laser surface patterning for anti-fog transparent applications

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · alchlight.com

Sector: Aerospace
Headquarters: Rochester, NY
Total capital: $11.4M

Federal grants: $5.6M; 11 awards · 2016–2026; Rank in peer group#23 of 61
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $5.8M; 10 awards · Defense; Rank in Aerospace#311 of 1335
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

Jun 2026Federal grantDefense · Phase II · STTR PH2 Topic A16-014 Enhancement For Laser Nanostructured Surfaces For Armament Applications$685K
Sep 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Anti-corrosive And Anti-reflective Metallic Surface Through Laser Surface Patterning For Aircraft Applications$1.3M
Sep 2025Federal contractDefense · Anti-corrosive And Anti-reflective Metallic Surface Through Laser Surface Patterning For Aircraft Applications$1.3M
Feb 2025Federal contractDefense · Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), Topic# A244-040, "ai/ml Augmented Antenna Systems For Contested Electromagnetic Environments"$250K
Jan 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), Topic# A244-040, "ai/ml Augmented Antenna Systems For Contested Electromagnetic Environments"$250K
Jan 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Anti-corrosive And Anti-reflective Metallic Surface Through Laser Surface Patterning For Aircraft Applications$75K
Jan 2025Federal contractDefense · Anti-corrosive And Anti-reflective Metallic Surface Through Laser Surface Patterning For Aircraft Applications$75K

Show 14 earlier federal awards

Sep 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Anti-icing And Anti-fogging Metals And Glass Through Laser Surface Patterning For Aircraft Applications.$1.3M
Sep 2024Federal contractDefense · Anti-icing And Anti-fogging Metals And Glass Through Laser Surface Patterning For Aircraft Applications.$1.3M
Mar 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Award STTR Phase II For Integrating Laser Nanostructured Surfaces For Armament Fire Control System Application.$1.3M
Mar 2024Federal contractDefense · Award STTR Phase II For Integrating Laser Nanostructured Surfaces For Armament Fire Control System Application.$1.3M
Feb 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · SBIR Phase I Topic A23B-T005$197K
Jan 2024Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I Topic A23B-T005$197K
Dec 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Anti-icing And Anti-fogging Metals And Glass Through Laser Surface Patterning For Aircraft Applications$75K
Dec 2023Federal contractDefense · Anti-icing And Anti-fogging Metals And Glass Through Laser Surface Patterning For Aircraft Applications$75K
Aug 2023Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$200K
Aug 2023Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Non-coating laser-nanostructured superhydrophobic transparent polycarbonate for anti-fog spacesuit helmets$150K
Apr 2022Federal contractDefense · To Develop Scalable Substrates For A Miniature Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (sers) Device, Which Can Retain A Low-level Baseline Signature For Detecting Low-level Contaminants In Various Chemical And Biological Applications.$167K
Sep 2018Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II Topic A16-014, Proposal Number A2-7034, Proposal Title Laser Nanostructured Surfaces For Armament Applications.$1.0M
Jul 2017Federal grantNSF · Phase I · STTR Phase I: Development of super-efficiency thermoelectric generators and waste heat management with black metal and super-wicking surfaces$225K
Sep 2016Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Laser Nanostructured Surfaces for Armament Applications$150K

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Standing among 61 peers

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Aerospace · Material

Federal grants#23 · top 38%

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Founders and team

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Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026

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What it has protected

No granted patents are on record.

USPTO usually publishes applications 18 months after filing, so recent applications may not be visible yet. Patents assigned under a different entity name won’t match.

Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026

AlchLightShares a founder: Anatoliy Y Vorobyev
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Regulatory activity · Aerospace

Sector-level, not company-level

06 Jul 2026Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of NASA-Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964National Aeronautics and Space Administration
01 Jul 2026Special Conditions: AMAC Aerospace, The Boeing Company Model 747- 8 Airplane; Side-Facing SeatsFederal Aviation Administration
26 Jun 2026Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous AmendmentsFederal Aviation Administration
23 Jun 2026Operating Limitations at John F. Kennedy International AirportFederal Aviation Administration
23 Jun 2026Operating Limitations at New York LaGuardia AirportFederal Aviation Administration
18 Jun 2026Special Conditions: Honeywell Aerospace US LLC, Dassault Aviation Model Falcon 900EX Airplane; Electronic System Security Protection From Unauthorized External AccessFederal Aviation Administration

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Sources

Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.

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Data freshness

SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.