AIM Photonics will host 12 startups from the 8th cohort of the Luminate Accelerator program on Monday, September 8. These innovative companies are advancing technologies powered by light, which will impact a wide range of industries. Each startup will deliver a brief presentation on their technology, followed by a Q&A session. 

Participating Companies

• amPICQ — Specializing in the design and development of photonic integrated circuits (PICs) for quantumcom, datacom and telecom

• Ciconia Medical— Improving women’s childbirth experiences and outcomes through the first AI-based medical device for cervical exams

• Dottir Labs— Integrating hundreds of sensors over large distances and providing real-time, high-quality data on dynamic and complex chemical processes

• IRIDESENSE — The first 3D SWIR Multispectral Perception solution—long range and high resolution—to optimize resources and reduce carbon footprint

• LirOptic — Groundbreaking solid-state, shape shifting, tunable optical lens technology that facilitates optical zoom in a shorter compact camera module (CCM) stack

• Metahelios — Designing and developing metasurface image sensor technology, enabling camera technologies that go beyond current technological limitations

• Oblate Optics — Designing and fabricating advanced meta-optics, laser and imaging applications

• Pensievision — Creating novel 3D imaging technology for industrial applications and medical devices, including the world’s first portable colposcope able to produce high-resolution 3D images to assist in early-stage detection and analysis of pre-cancer cervical lesions

• Pixel Photonics — Redefining photon detection with superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPD)

• SNOChip — Pushing the boundaries of optics and photonics with on-chip nanostructures

• VanaM — Creating next-generation semiconductor thin films (quantum materials, smart glass) based on innovative deposition source technology and core IP.