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Polaris Electro-Optics Inc., a ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ spinout, announced $50 million in new financing to bring its FenGlassâ„¢ electro-optic modulator platform to production.

The Lab Venture Challenge at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ has announced the 2026 finalists of bio- and physical sciences innovators to pitch their ideas to a live audience at the Dairy Arts Center for more than $1 million in awards.

Big Blue Technologies' Boris Chubukov and Orva Energy's Evan Flitz, both with roots at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ, are among the seven founders selected for NLR's 2026 West Gate fellowship, working to bring affordable domestic magnesium and next-generation battery materials to market.

BioSensor Solutions, BioStamp and PAGE Technologies were selected for the NSF ASCEND Engine's SHIELD accelerator cohort, recognizing three ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ startups that have grown through Venture Partners and ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ's NSF I-Corps programming.

Infleqtion, a ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ spinout and global leader in quantum computing and quantum sensing powered by neutral-atom technology, is celebrating the grand opening of the Colorado Quantum Innovation Center (CQIC), its new facility in Louisville, Colorado.

Rochester Business Journal—For deep-tech hardware startups, commercialization often requires an agile willingness to follow a technology wherever the market demands. When semiconductor manufacturers approached Modendo Inc. with the need to inspect microscopic, tightly confined spaces inside advanced electronics, the startup discovered a massive, unserved market.

Interesting Engineering—Mana Battery, a ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ spinout, has partnered with battery manufacturer Saft to develop and validate anode-free sodium-ion battery cells for defense, aerospace, rail, data centers and industrial backup power. The collaboration combines Mana Battery's anode-free sodium-ion technology with Saft's expertise in battery design, manufacturing, testing and qualification.

Modendo, a ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ spinout, has been awarded a $3 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a project to provide researchers with powerful new tools to study brain circuits at scale.

Infleqtion, Quantum Insider, BizWest—Infleqtion, a ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ spinout, announced it has been awarded three projects by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to accelerate American scientific research and innovation for the Genesis Mission. The projects include collaboration with ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ and span AI-optimized quantum circuit design for nuclear applications, deployable atomic quantum sensing with Agentic AI and nuclear fusion energy research.

Activate—50 scientist-innovators will join Cohort 2026. The 41 companies they're building span 22 cities and 11 states across the U.S., and include two startups with ties to ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ: Mach Electric and Brint Tech.