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The Rice-Sized Sensor Trying to End the IVF Blood-Test Marathon
A fertility patient can give blood every other day for weeks and still miss the hormone surges that decide whether a cycle works. Impli wants to put a continuous read of that biology under the skin - or on it.
The Grand Rapids Company That Puts a Radio Inside Your Pill Bottle Cap
How a vertically integrated RFID factory in Michigan built a business on a simple bet: that the smartest part of a medicine bottle should be the cap.
CANDY HOUSE
CANDY HOUSE, Inc. is the consumer-hardware company behind Sesame, the retrofit smart lock that mounts over an existing deadbolt with adhesive tape and turns a smartphone, fingerprint, card, PIN or face into a key. Founded in 2014 by Stanford engineer Jerming Gu and famous for a 2015 Kickstarter that raised about $1.4M, the company built an open ecosystem around SesameOS - locks, touch and face readers, a coin-sized Matter hub, sensors and finger robots - aimed at making smart-home access affordable, rental-friendly and developer-open.
EON
EON is a New York-based enterprise software company building the Digital ID layer for physical products. Through its EON Product Cloud platform, brands give each item a unique, traceable digital identity - accessed via QR code, NFC chip or RFID tag - that follows the product across its full lifecycle, powering resale, repair, authentication, customer engagement and compliance with the EU's upcoming Digital Product Passport regulation. Founded in 2017 by Natasha Franck, EON authored the open CircularID Protocol and works with brands including Coach, Chloe, H&M, Mulberry and Target.
HiHello, Inc.
HiHello builds digital business cards, email signatures, virtual backgrounds, and contact management tools for individuals and enterprises. Founded in 2018 in Palo Alto by serial founder Manu Kumar (CardMunch, Carta) and Hari Ravi, the company turns the awkward exchange of paper rectangles into a tappable, shareable, trackable contact moment.