San Francisco firms to establish new ‘Ouster Automotive’ division with Sense CEO Shauna McIntyre at the helm.

Commercial systems with high-NA optics to appear within five years, prolonging the rule of Moore’s law.

Ex-pro baseball star Alex Rodriguez takes part in $15M funding round for startup Focused Energy.

€30M investment at Göttingen site of Excelitas Technologies subsidiary.

Strong performance in photonics and medical divisions sees operating income climb.

Supply deal with LightDeck Diagnostics includes $5M for expansion at Rochester production site.

Frequency modulated continuous wave technique moves machine perception closer to human visual cognition, says collaboration.

€70M investment in cleanroom facility will more than double capacity of precision components used in lithography equipment.

More stable supply of key sources for semiconductor lithography equipment expected as production capacity is doubled.

Dutch and Swiss firms target prescription spectacles and AR smart glasses.

UK epiwafer foundry also says it has identified a successor to outgoing CEO Drew Nelson.

Seattle company has developed self-driving vehicle that blasts weeds with 150W CO₂ lasers.