Press Release
January 7, 2025

Silicon Catalyst Portfolio Companies at CES 2025

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Silicon Valley, California and Las Vegas, Nevada, January 7, 2025 – Silicon Catalyst, the only incubator + accelerator focused on the global semiconductor industry, including Chips, Chiplets, Materials, IP and Silicon fabrication-based Photonics, MEMS, Sensors, Life Science and Quantum, is pleased to announce that attendees to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2025) can meet with executives from nine of the incubator’s Portfolio Companies.

If any investors or startups would like to connect with a Silicon Catalyst partner who will be at the show, feel free to reach out to Richard Curtin (richard@sicatalyst.com).

The CEOs from these companies will be available during CES to meet with prospective customers, partners, investors, industry analysts and journalists. The Silicon Catalyst Portfolio Companies in attendance at CES 2025 include:

Applied Brain Research (ABR), a company with origins at the University of Waterloo, has patented a new class of neural network for time series processing that will revolutionize how AI is done in edge IoT devices. To maximize effectiveness at the lowest power, ABR has developed an optimized neural network accelerator ASIC, easily integrated into the world’s most power-sensitive devices. With this cost-effective integrated AI solution, ABR aims to become the de facto standard for a new class of on-device natural voice interfaces and multi-modal sensor fusion solutions for vital sign diagnosis, all without the need for a network connection.

ABR is a finalist in the CES 2025 Extreme Tech Challenge AI and Semiconductor Startup Cup Finals.

Founded in October 2022, Jmem Tek quickly led the industry by integrating post-quantum cryptography algorithms into hardware. Within two years, Jmem Tek achieved remarkable success and received numerous awards. Right from the start, the team won the “Outstanding Startup Award” in the first phase of the 2022 FITI From IP to IPO Program by the National Science and Technology Council. Our comprehensive Hardware Security Module and PUF based PQC Security Chip have won top prizes in both domestic and international competitions. This year, Jmem Tek was honored with the “Most Leading-Edge Startup” Award at EE Awards Asia and claimed the Taiwan championship at the Startup World Cup, the world’s largest startup competition. We will proudly represent Taiwan in the U.S., demonstrating our technological leadership on the global stage.

Jmem Tek is a finalist in the CES 2025 Extreme Tech Challenge AI and Semiconductor Startup Cup Finals.

Visit OSCP at CES Booth 6278.

OSCP designs, develops, and produces innovative integrated optical motion sensors (accelerometers, gyroscopes, vibrometers) for different applications (Consumer, Automotive, Industry, Aerospace, Energy, Military, etc.). As an Advanced Driving Assistance System (ADAS) company, our business model is to leverage recent rapid advancements in Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) technology to produce the most compact, reliable, low cost, low power, and high performance (low bias drift) optical motion sensors for demanding applications including autonomous vehicle and drone navigation.

With the company’s patented integration technology, OSCP provides the most compact, reliable, low cost, low power, and high performance (low bias drift) optical motion sensors for demanding applications. OSCP technology enables the cost-effective implementation of autonomous vehicles and remove barriers to adoption of industrial drones and robots.

The need for visual intelligence at the edge is growing exponentially and the market is quickly realizing there is no real competition for our product, the OCULI SPU (smart & programmable vision sensor) ideal for smart/mobile/interactive products. We continue to demonstrate orders of magnitude better latency-energy factors at a fraction of the cost relative to leading products with unique privacy protection, a key requirement for always-on applications. Oculi has shifted visual intelligence at the edge from image to pixel processing. Our recent win of the grand prize ($1M) from Luminate, the most competitive accelerator for photonics & imaging, is a testament to our innovation in the world of computer/machine vision.

Owl Autonomous Imaging is all about safety. When it comes to mobility, safety starts with perception. The company’s patented suite of thermal sensor technologies, computer vision algorithms and specialty optics aim to dramatically reduce both on road automotive and off-road industrial and agricultural accidents to reduce fatalities and injury.

SigmaSense is pioneering a radically enhanced direct-to-digital sensing technology. The Company’s software-defined AI sensing solution achieves breakthrough levels of speed, accuracy, efficiency, and noise immunity previously deemed impossible. This unique approach is protected with more than 300 patents across 35 application families.

SigmaSense products increase the quality and efficiency of sensing data for a wide range of applications including mobile, automotive, batteries, digital signage, wearables, and IoT. SigmaSense is largely funded by strategic investors, including NXP, Foxconn, LG-MRI, E ink, Corning, and GIS. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas, with offices in Boise, Idaho and Taipei, Taiwan.

With a mission to revolutionize human-device interaction and unlock the full potential of AI, SigmaSense is introducing two transformative products at CES2025, ShareTouch™ and Who Touch, alongside a suite of other cutting-edge solutions.

Sonical's CosmOS, the operating system for the ear, brings a completely new level of user experience. We not only enhance and personalize the way we listen to audio, we also enable everyone to improve how they listen to the world. This provides the foundation for listening to our bodies by gathering biometric data at the ear. All of these features are user selected through downloadable apps.

Headphone 3.0
- Sonical redefines the new possible with the latest developments from our algo partners including the most advanced tech from industry leaders

Upgrade every ear worn product
- The world's first modules and dongles that bring new experiences to every existing headphone, headset and earbud you already own.

AI for your ears
- CosmOS is the fastest path to bring AI into endpoint devices running multiple concurrent neural networks for audio and sensors

Next generation connectivity
- Go beyond Bluetooth with higher data rates and lower latency using UWB and low power WiFi

Multi-platform support
- Build once - deploy everywhere. CosmOS is available on multiple processing platforms for a wide range of new products and markets

SPARK Microsystems is building next generation short-range wireless communication devices. SPARK UWB provides high data rate and very low latency wireless communication links at an ultra-low power profile, making it ideal for personal area networks (PANs) used in mobile, consumer and IoT-connected products. Leveraging patented technologies, SPARK Microsystems strives to minimize and ultimately eliminate wires and batteries from a wide range of applications.

CES 2025 attendees are welcome to experience the latest breakthrough advancements in wireless connectivity for consumer, industrial and medical applications. Visitors to SPARK’s exclusive Palazzo Las Vegas suite can preview the myriad ways SPARK ultra-wideband (UWB) technology is evolving wireless audio, gaming, IoT and medical devices for the future. 

Booth 61401 at the Venetian Expo

Zepsor introduces the world’s first zero-power micro sensors that can detect and discriminate events of interest by exploiting only the energy contained in their specific thermal signatures. For pennies on the dollar, a 10x improvement in battery life, Zepsor’s revolutionary first product is a near zero IR sensor module <1 μW.

We're thrilled to announce that Zepsor will be showcasing our latest innovations at CES 2025 in Las Vegas! This is your chance to explore cutting-edge solutions that are shaping the future of AI sensors, connect with our team, and see firsthand how we're driving innovation. Whether you're interested in learning more about our solutions, partner with us, or just curious about what’s next in AI sensors, we’d love to meet you!