Bates Marshall

Ambient Photonics, Inc. is a US-based energy harvesting company that was founded in 2019. The company is based in Mill Valley, CA. The company's mission is to bring low-light energy harvesting technology to mass scale. Ambient's technology was originally developed at the Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry and funded at inception by Cthulhu Ventures LLC. The company's low light solar PV cells deliver ground-breaking power density from a broader spectrum of ambient light, inspiring a new era in connected device form and function. Ambient works with leading smart home and IoT device manufacturers on embedded solar cells to deliver superior design possibilities, performance, sustainability, and consumer convenience. The company has opened its European headquarters to further support its worldwide consumer electronics and IoT customer base. Ambient Photonics eliminates disposable batteries by harnessing power from ambient light, reducing connected IoT device carbon footprints. The company was founded by Bates Marshall and Kethinni Chittibabu, with Bates Marshall serving as the CEO since 2019.

Founded in 2004, SiXtron is a Privat, venture backed company located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Sixtron was created as a spin-off, based on technology developed at Bishop's University and the Universite de Sherbrooke. Sixtron is currently focusing on developing anti-reflective coating solutions for the solar cell industry. Other highly scalable and cost-effective thin film coating solutions, for both the electronics industry and the industrial coatings sector, are under development. Sixtron thin films have unique optical and mechanical properties, and can be deposited without the complex requirements of hazardous silane gas.