Mode Labs develops autonomous, remote chemical sensing platforms that deliver laboratory-grade water quality measurements in real time. Its core technology uses micron-scale optical microcavities that reflect light through a sample 10,000 times, achieving 10,000x sensitivity gains for continuous monitoring of analytes like total phosphorus and ammonia. The company's CERES platform automates sample collection and analysis, enabling deployment in rivers, aquaculture facilities, and industrial process water without routine manual intervention.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Problem
Traditional water quality monitoring relies on manual sample collection and laboratory analysis, which provides only occasional snapshots of conditions and delays detection of pollution events. This approach is costly, maintenance-intensive, and impractical for continuous monitoring across rivers, sewer networks, and remote or challenging deployment sites.
Solution
Mode Labs provides robust, continuous, and remote real-time chemical sensors built on micron-scale quantum technology. Their open microcavity sensing platform reflects light through a water sample 10,000 times, delivering 10,000x more sensitive measurements than conventional approaches, achieving lab-grade sensitivity in a plug-and-play field device. The CERES autonomous monitoring platform automatically collects tiny water samples, prepares them for analysis, and continuously measures target chemicals without routine manual sampling. Data is accessible remotely in real time, enabling faster operational decisions and wider sharing of water quality information. The sensors can be adapted to any analyte in liquid, making the technology versatile across environmental, aquaculture, process control, and defense applications.
Target Audience
Primary customers include water utilities, environmental monitoring agencies, precision aquaculture operators, industrial water process control teams, and defense and security organizations requiring continuous chemical monitoring in remote or challenging environments.
Features
- Open microcavity optical sensing technology that reflects light through samples 10,000 times for 10,000x sensitivity enhancement
- Autonomous sample collection, preparation, and continuous analysis without manual intervention
- Remote real-time data access for immediate operational decision-making
- Adaptable sensor design capable of detecting any analyte in liquid across diverse deployment contexts
- Low-maintenance field-deployable form factor suitable for remote and challenging environments
- Currently recruiting beta trials for total phosphorus and ammonia sensor deployments