Startup Series #2 · May 28, 2026 · 45 min
Shrinking particle accelerators and X-ray lasers
Jerome Paye, co-founder and CEO of TAU Systems, builds compact particle accelerators and soft X-ray lasers that miniaturize what normally requires kilometer-long government facilities, with applications from space radiation testing to next-generation semiconductor lithography.
In this episode
- What TAU Systems builds, explained without a physics degree
- Why Moore's Law needs new light sources to continue
- How space radiation testing works, and why demand is exploding
- The difference between conventional accelerators and laser-plasma acceleration
- TAU's business model: service first, then sell the machines
- The long-term vision: affordable particle accelerators for universities and discovery
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