AQMS vs NEON Comparison

Aqua Metals Inc is developing and seeking to commercialize proprietary recycling and refining technologies for the recovery of critical minerals and metals. Its patented and patent-pending AquaRefining process is an electro-hydrometallurgical method designed to recover high-purity materials from battery and other metal-bearing feedstocks using a closed-loop system powered by electricity. Its idea is to reduce CAPEX and OPEX costs, reduce emissions, hazardous waste, and reliance on conventional smelting and chemical-intensive refining processes. It has one operating segment: sustainable metals recycling. It focused on the development and commercialization of AquaRefining technology for the clean and efficient recovery of valuable metals from lead-acid and lithium-ion batteries.

Neonode Inc provides software solutions for machine perception that feature machine learning algorithms to detect and track persons and objects in video streams from cameras and other types of imagers. Its machine perception solutions are based on the MultiSensing technology platform. The company also offers optical sensing solutions for contactless touch and gesture sensing. It markets and sells its solutions mainly to customers in the automotive sector, along with other markets such as office equipment, industrial automation, medical, military, and avionics. Geographically, the company operates in Japan, South Korea, Germany, Sweden, China, and other regions, with a majority of its revenue generated from Japan.