Shortlisted HKUST Track Teams for Final Round Competition
| Team | Team Description |
 AI-Vision Opto-Electronics Limited | AI-Vision Opto-Electronics Limited introduces a perovskite-based multispectral visual sensor that combines ultra-high quantum efficiency with exceptional resolution. Through perovskite's tunable bandgap, advanced silicon integration and scalable patterning techniques, it reduces cost and complexity, unlocking transformative applications in autonomous driving, robotics and industrial automation. |
 LAMPray Diagnostics | LAMPray Diagnostics’ solution consists of a patented microfluidic chip, an integrated device powered by AI-driven software. It is 30X cheaper per device and 3X faster. It can be deployed in general and pediatric hospitals for faster AMR detection and saving children from up to 8 dangerous pathogens, including MRSA. Ideal for developing countries and low-resource settings. |
 Lulusmiles | AI-powered tele-orthodontics for all. Leveraging SMARTLAB's cutting-edge AI, we reduce treatment time and cost, boost clinical efficiency and productivity, and extend care to remote underserved population via AI scans and monitoring - delivering safe, affordable, dentist-supervised, AI-designed clear aligner care. |
 New Era | New Era Technology Limited pioneers the industrialization of flexible, highly conductive 2D MXene nanomaterials. The company solve critical industry pain points(low concentration dispersion, small film size, short shelf life) through newly-developed core technologies: a novel antioxidant production process, multi-phase transformation (liquid/solid), interlayer molecular fusion, and precise surface control. This helps research institutions and industries achieve high-performance, scalable MXene material applications. |
 Poly Energy | Poly Energy develops tube-inspired solid-state electrolytes that combine high safety, ultra-fast charging, and long cycle life. The solution helps battery manufacturers and electric vehicle companies overcome limitations of liquid electrolytes, reducing fire risks and enabling reliable, high-performance energy storage for next-generation mobility and electronics. |
 SCOS | Current LCoS-based optical modulators are too slow (>100 ms) and rely on polarization diversity optics, reducing the optical efficiency. Global trends in AI and data center demands fast and efficient optical modulators. At SCOS, we develop next-generation LCoS modulators with groundbreaking innovations in optics, materials, and silicon backplane design, delivering the fastest, polarization-independent 4K LCoS modulators for unparalleled performance. |
 SmartPath | SmartPath is a full-stack digital pathology solution powered by a large-scale pathology model. It covers the entire cancer care cycle, quickly generates pathology reports, proactively alerts patient risks, improves diagnostic efficiency and accuracy, and empowers the evolution of smart healthcare. |
 Stellerus Technology Limited | Stellerus Technology Limited pioneers the Feilian Constellation, the world's first high-resolution 3D wind mapping constellation consisted of advanced, cost-effective, lightweight and easily scalable satellites to deliver hourly km-scale global 3D wind maps that empowers global climate resilient economy across industry verticals. |
 Theo Quant | Theo Quant creates algorithmic SaaS that helps licensed Virtual Asset Trading Platforms (VATPs) achieve liquid and efficient markets in Hong Kong. By using the SaaS, spreads are narrowed, enhancing liquidity for VATPs to operate with greater efficiency, stability, and transparency, ultimately improving the user experience. |
 Z-Omics Limited | Z-Omics empowers academic and pharmaceutical researchers with a proprietary platform to address cell heterogeneity. With single-cell technology revealing differences and interactions among cells, and microfluidics simplifying experimental processes and scaling up reactions, this high-resolution solution accelerates biomarker discovery, therapeutic target identification, and personalized medicine, enabling high-throughput high-content screening for scientific and pharmaceutical breakthroughs. |
Shortlisted International Student Track Teams for Final Round Competition
| Team | Team Description |
 BACKEER | The project introduces a fiber-optic biosensor method for breast cancer biomarker detection, designed to support healthcare professionals in achieving earlier and more accurate diagnosis. By integrating photonic technologies with biochemistry, the biosensor identifies the CD44 biomarker with high sensitivity and specificity, enabling improved cancer monitoring and therapy assessment while enhancing efficiency and reliability in clinical diagnostics. |
 Envirovex | Envirovex is pioneering a plug‑and‑play bioreactor that eliminates antibiotic waste at the source while recovering valuable by‑products. Our solution safeguards water resources, protects ecosystems, and preserves the effectiveness of life‑saving drugs. For wastewater treatment plants, it reduces long‑term costs, ensures regulatory compliance, and unlocks new revenue streams, supporting WHO’s fight against antimicrobial resistance. |
 MaternaSense | MaternaSense is a biotechnology company focused on improving women's healthcare through innovative solutions that empower physicians and patients to make informed decisions, enhance care experiences, and support better long-term health outcomes. |
 ROYO Material | ROYO is the world's first cardboard vegan leather. It is more eco-friendly, economical and eco-visual than existing alternatives, addressing two problems at once: the carbon-intensive burden of animal leather and the issue of growing cardboard waste |
 Safii | SAFII is a student-led team from National Taiwan University dedicated to developing safety technology for women. The team combines expertise in business, technology, and social innovation to create scalable solutions that empower safer and more connected communities. |