Laser manufacturer and developer Cailabs will invest $300,000 to relocate its U.S. headquarters from Washington, D.C. to Arlington County, Va. Cailabs has leased a 4200 sq ft office space in the area, and is expected to create 16 jobs in the county. Founded in 2013 and based in Rennes, France, Cailabs designs and produces advanced laser-light products mainly used in defense, aerospace, telecommunications, and manufacturing sectors. Cailabs’ product catalog includes optical ground stations for satellite communications, laser heads for industrial cutting and machining, and components essential for high-speed fiber internet infrastructure. GREENFIELD, Ind. — Photon Automation, Inc., a laser manufacturer, formed Photon Energy, an affiliated division based on contract manufacturing and development services for the battery and energy storage industry and other high-tech products. Photon Energy leverages Photon Automation’s experience in manufacturing technologies — including laser welding, robotics, and system integration — to support the needs of battery and energy storage markets. Photon Energy will operate out of the existing Photon Automation headquarters in Greenfield, Ind., enabling close collaboration between their team of automation engineers and manufacturing technicians. AUSTIN, Texas — T1 Energy, an energy solutions provider, and Corning reached a commercial supply agreement to boost the U.S. solar supply chain and advanced manufacturing of affordable, fast-to-deploy energy. Per the agreement, T1 will source hyper-pure polysilicon and solar wafers produced by Corning at its Michigan campus. Starting in the second half of 2026, Corning wafers will be delivered to T1’s G2 Austin solar cell facility, which is currently under development. These cells will then be used to manufacture solar modules at T1’s operational G1 Dallas site. The agreement will give a stable and predictable supply of domestically sourced solar components. OTTAWA, Ontario — Jabil opened an advanced photonics packaging facility in Ottawa earlier this week. The lab will allow customers to define, design, and test chip packaging processes to accelerate time to high volume production. The expansion strengthens Jabil's ability to design and manufacture high speed optical interconnects and co-packaged optics to support AI and cloud data center customers. Celebrating the newly opened Ottawa Lab. (From left) KW Hoo, vice president of global business units; Jenna Sudds, Member of Parliament for Kanata; Mayor Mark Sutcliffe; Matt Crowley, executive vice president of global business units; and Cathy Curry, City of Ottawa Councilor for Kanata. Courtesy of Jabil. BOSTON — Neutral-atom quantum computing company QuEra Computing and professional services company Deloitte have collaborated to help organizations translate quantum capabilities into practical business value. The collaboration will combine QuEra’s hardware and software platforms with Deloitte’s implementation technology and systems-integration experience. Through the collaboration, clients will be able to prototype algorithms on QuEra's publicly-available Aquila analog processor and transition to QuEra's forthcoming Gemini gate-model, with Deloitte guiding the architecture, integration and risk management. Deloitte will help clients embed neutral-atom workflows into existing infrastructures and cultivate the skills needed to scale quantum initiatives. This U.S. alliance builds upon the collaboration QuEra formed with Deloitte Japan earlier this year to raise quantum awareness, develop a quantum workforce, conduct joint research with academic institutions, co-create use cases, and support quantum startups. QIDO’s features. Courtesy of Quantinuum. TOKYO — Investing company Mitsui & Co., Ltd., quantum simulation company QSimulate, and quantum computing company Quantinuum, collaborated to create a quantum-integrated chemistry platform, QIDO (Quantum-Integrated Discovery Orchestrator). QIDO was developed to reduce the time and cost of developing new drugs and materials. The platform is designed to support research across an array of chemistry-based fields, including advanced materials design, clean energy, and drug development. QIDO integrates QSimulate’s QSP Reaction software, which enables calculations on the scale of thousands of atoms using high-precision quantum chemistry methods and techniques. QIDO also integrates with Quantinuum's InQuanto software, which interfaces quantum emulators and Quantinuum Systems hardware. QIDO is launched together with a high-precision chemical reaction analysis module, and will gradually add new features to accelerate innovation in high-impact use cases. CENTENNIAL, Colo. — NUBURU Inc., a blue laser technology business, executed the first milestone under the phased acquisition plan for Tekne S.p.A. established following formal notice received from the Italian government under the ‘Golden Power’ framework. Through its new subsidiary, Nuburu Defense, the company secured an initial equity stake equal to the maximum interest permitted under current Golden Power regulatory thresholds and agreed to an action plan that, by utilizing the Luxembourg investment vehicle TCEI, will pave the way to a controlling interest in Tekne. This step serves as the foundation for the launch of a U.S.-based defense 80/20 joint venture between Nuburu Defense and Tekne. As part of the broader phased plan, the binding agreement signed between NUBURU and Tekne shareholders includes commitments to finance up to €40 million ($46.4 million) in Tekne’s working capital needs over the next 12 months, also supported by Supply@ME Capital Plc’s inventory monetization platform and potential additional investors. Innoviz Technologies, Cron AI, & D2 Traffic Technologies collaboration. Courtesy of Innoviz Technologies. ROSH HAAYIN, Israel — Lidar company, Innoviz Technologies Ltd., deep-tech company Cron AI, and D2 Traffic Technologies, a traffic management company, collaborated to install lidar for intelligent intersections across North America. The collaboration uses Innoviz’s automotive-grade lidar sensor, InnovizSmart, Cron AI’s 3D perception platform, senseEDGE, and D2 Traffic Technologies’ experience in intersections. InnovizSMART returns 5.76 million points-per-second with a single reflection and can output two reflections effectively doubling its point rate. When combined with Cron AI's SenseEdge software, raw lidar data is processed entirely at the edge, generating real-time, privacy-conscious insights without reliance on the cloud. An additional partner, BlueBand, used the LiDAR and senseEDGE data to build analytics and dashboards accessible through its Integrator AI platform. The collaboration is beginning deployment in three intersections in Atlanta in the coming weeks. NOIDA, India — Electronics manufacturing company Dixon Technologies has revealed plans to establish a joint venture with HKC Corporation, a developer and manufacturer of semiconductor display panels. The joint venture will manufacture liquid crystal modules, thin film transistor liquid crystal display modules, assembly of end products, such as smartphones, TVs, monitors and auto displays and sell HKC branded end products in India. Per the agreement, HKC will acquire a 26% stake in Dixon Display Technologies Private Limited. DURHAM, U.K. — Dyer Engineering, a metal component manufacturer, has established SST Group following a £1.62 million ($1.8M) investment from Maven Equity Finance. SST Group is owned and led by the directors of Dyer and will be led by CEO Richard Bradley. The group has acquired Q-Laser, a Washington-based provider of laser cutting, press braking, waterjet cutting and fabrication. The acquisition expands the company's regional presence AEye’s CEO, Matt Fisch, and Vice President of Business Development, Ben Hua, sign strategic partnership with Black Sesame Technologies in China. Courtesy of AEye. PLEASANTON, Calif. — Lidar company AEye signed a cooperation agreement with smart vehicle computing company Black Sesame Technologies. The collaboration will focus on designing an AI-based obstacle detection and early warning system for safety in railway operations. The system integrates AEye’s Apollo long-range lidar sensor with Black Sesame Technologies’ chipset and perception software. The collaboration is intended to deliver a full-stack, plug-and-play solution tailored to address the safety demands of high-speed transportation networks.