A Northern Virginia startup building technology to identify health threats like pathogens and contaminants recently landed major funding to expand product development and hire more employees.
Alexandria-based HyperSpectral raised $8.5 million during its Series A round, which was announced on Wednesday. The firm uses artificial intelligence in conjunction with spectral data, which includes everything from ultraviolet to infrared light range, to identify “unwanted substances,” cofounder and CEO Matt Theurer told Technical.ly.
