Max-IR Labs wins 2025 SPIE Startup Challenge as startups celebrated at Photonics West
Jenoptik’s Ralf Kuschnereit, Max-IR Lab's Trey Daunis, and 2025 SPIE President Peter de Groot at the SPIE Startup Challenge 2025. Image: SPIE
Max-IR Labs, Photosynthetic B.V. and OptiCardio took the top three awards at the 2025 SPIE Startup Challenge.
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