Mathew Theurer - When AI Meets Physics - Sensing the Unseen with Mathew Theurer

Welcome back to Redefining AI, the award winning tech podcast powered by Squirro, the Enterprise Generative AI Platform. Today’s episode is not just another conversation—it’s episode eight.

In this episode, Lauren Hawker Zafer is joined by Matthew Theurer, a visionary technologist, entrepreneur, and now co-founder and CEO of Hyperspectral.ai.

With over 30 years of experience across government and industry—from pioneering work at the NIH to leading the $1.2B acquisition of Virtustream—Matthew is no stranger to building companies that redefine what’s possible.

This episode explores:🌈 What hyperspectral imaging actually is—and how it enables machines to “see the unseen”

🦠 Why AI powered by physics is detecting foodborne illness, pathogens, and even antimicrobial resistance

📡 How multimodal AI (beyond text and vision) is becoming the next critical leap

⚖️ The balance between scientific rigor and ethical responsibility in AI design

🧭 And what’s still missing in the way we educate future AI leaders

Whether you're in tech, health, defense, or just curious about what the next wave of AI truly looks like—this episode is for you. It’s a rare glimpse into a domain where raw sensor data, deep science, and practical AI intersect.

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This isn’t about AI hype—it’s about AI with purpose.🎧 Listen now and redefine what you think is possible.

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HyperSpectral, the world’s first AI-powered spectral intelligence company with hardware-agnostic solutions for particle detection, has been named a Gold Winner in the 2025 Globee® Awards, taking home the top honor in the Disruptive Startup of the Year category for its breakthrough platform SpecAI™.  

“Winning this Globee® reinforces what our investors and partners already know: SpecAI™ is changing the way we detect and respond to threats,” said Matthew Theurer, CEO and co-founder of HyperSpectral. “We’ve built the infrastructure for smarter, faster and more resilient diagnostics.” 

SpecAI™ is ushering in a new era of spectral intelligence, combining multimodal spectroscopic imaging with composit AI to deliver real-time, lab-accurate analysis of pathogens, materials and contaminants faster than traditional testing. Its hardware-agnostic, AI-driven design allows seamless integration across industries, including, healthcare, food safety and defense.  

HyperSpectral is actively collaborating with the Safe Food Alliance, DARPA, Stanford, MIT and Case Western to refine and scale the SpecAI™ platform. Earlier this year, HyperSpectral also received the prestigious SPIE Prism Award for Best Software, further validating SpecAI™ position as a category-defining solution in spectral intelligence.