AIM Photonics will host the Luminate Accelerator Program: 7th Cohort Presentations on August 9. Luminate, based in Rochester, NY, is the world's largest business accelerator for startups working on emerging technology enabled by optics, photonics, and imaging. Startups accepted to the cohort received $100k each and compete for $2 million in follow-on funding.

Each company (listed below) will deliver a brief pitch to AIM Photonics about their business and the technology behind it. The event also offers the opportunity for Q&A with the presenters and informal discussions to explore potential collaborations.

• Enlipsium — Advanced nanomaterials for future X-ray imaging devices, anti-counterfeiting, and self-cleaning coatings

• iLoF (Intelligent Lab on Fiber) — Non-invasive tracking, screening, and stratification for drug discovery using a cloud-based library of optical fingerprints, powered by photonics and AI

• Nicslab, Inc. — Fabless chip company developing electronics and photonics integrated circuits for future optical solutions in data centers, AI, instrumentation, and quantum computing

• Photosynthetic — New manufacturing method enabling complex 3D geometries to be produced at mass-production speeds, while retaining sub-micron feature sizes

• Q-Block Computing Inc. — Fault-tolerant quantum devices for advanced computation, communication, and sensing

• VoxelSensors — Groundbreaking Single-Photon Active Event Sensor that enables power-efficient and intuitive interaction for spatial interfaces and mobile extended reality (XR)