POET to Present at the AI & Technology Hybrid Investor Conference Presented by Water Tower Research on April 10

TORONTO, April 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- POET Technologies Inc. (POET) (TSX Venture: PTK; NASDAQ: POET), the designer and developer of the POET Optical Interposertm and Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) for data center, telecommunication and AI markets today announced that Dr. Suresh Venkatesan, Chairman & CEO, will present live at the AI & Technology Hybrid Investor Conference presented by Water Tower Research and hosted by VirtualInvestorConferences.com, on April 10, 2024.

DATE: April 10
TIME: 10:00am EDT
LINK: https://bit.ly/3PigAdM
Available for 1x1 meetings: April 10

This will be a live, interactive online event where investors are invited to ask the Company questions in real time. If you would like to attend in-person, please email [email protected] for an attendee pass. If attendees are not able to join the event live on the day of the conference, an archived webcast will also be made available after the event.

It is recommended that online investors pre-register and run the online system check to expedite participation and receive event updates.

Learn more about the event at www.virtualinvestorconferences.com.

Recent Company Highlights

• POET announced the immediate availability of Wavelighttm, the Company's debut entry into the 800G Optical Module market targeted at AI cluster and data center operators.
  
  
• POET announced it will collaborate with MultiLane, Inc., a leading provider of high-speed interconnect test products, to develop second generation 800G and 1.6T pluggable optical modules.
  
  
• At the recent Optical Fiber Conference (OFC) held March 26 ? 28, 2024 in San Diego, POET was one of only a few companies demonstrating the capability for 200G/lane speeds in its advanced transmit and receive optical engines, components in the critical path to 1.6T and 3.2T pluggable modules.
  
  
• Also at OFC, POET demonstrated Starlighttm, an 8-channel packaged light source powering chip-to-chip communication in AI clusters and next generation cloud data center networks.
  

About POET Technologies Inc.
POET Technologies is a design and development company offering integration solutions based on the POET Optical Interposertm, a novel platform that allows the seamless integration of electronic and photonic devices into a single multi-chip module using advanced wafer-level semiconductor manufacturing techniques and packaging methods. POET's Optical Interposer eliminates costly components and labor-intensive assembly, alignment, burn-in and testing methods employed in conventional photonics. The cost-efficient, passive integration scheme and scalability of the POET Optical Interposer brings value to any device or system that integrates electronics and photonics, including some of the highest growth areas of computing, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), autonomous vehicles and high-speed networking for cloud service providers and data centers. POET is headquartered in Toronto, with operations in Allentown, Pa., Shenzhen, China and Singapore. More information may be obtained at www.poet-technologies.com.

About Water Tower Research, LLC
WTR is modernizing Investor Relations through research-driven communications and Investor Engagement. Sound investment research begins with good information. At WTR, we help companies and investors connect by creating expert information flow and strategies that are the foundations of a successful modern investor relations platform. Our analysts and capital markets professionals bring decades of unrivaled Wall Street experience and insight to a new digital world of investor communications and engagement. Our research and investor content are open for everyone to access and distributed across traditional research aggregators like Bloomberg, FactSet, etc., proprietary direct distribution lists, social media, search engines, and our website. As a result, every institutional and retail investor has equal access to our high-quality company research. Our mission is to help companies take control of their IR program and proactively reach investors while bringing investors a consistent flow of quality information to help them understand our clients' businesses, industries, and the investment opportunities they present.

About Virtual Investor Conferences^®
Virtual Investor Conferences (VIC) is the leading proprietary investor conference series that provides an interactive forum for publicly traded companies to seamlessly present directly to investors.

Providing a real-time investor engagement solution, VIC is specifically designed to offer companies more efficient investor access.  Replicating the components of an on-site investor conference, VIC offers companies enhanced capabilities to connect with investors, schedule targeted one-on-one meetings and enhance their presentations with dynamic video content. Accelerating the next level of investor engagement, Virtual Investor Conferences delivers leading investor communications to a global network of retail and institutional investors.

Media Contact:
Adrian Brijbassi
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Company Contact:
Thomas R. Mika, EVP & CFO
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Virtual Investor Conferences
John M. Viglotti
SVP Corporate Services, Investor Access
OTC Markets Group
(212) 220-2221
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Water Tower Research
Tim Regan
Chief Revenue Officer
(646) 300-1228
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Forward-Looking Information
This news release contains "forward-looking information" (within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws) and "forward-looking statements" (within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995). Such statements or information are identified with words such as "anticipate", "believe", "expect", "plan", "intend", "potential", "estimate", "propose", "project", "outlook", "foresee" or similar words suggesting future outcomes or statements regarding any potential outcome. Such statements include the Company's expectations with respect to the success of the Company's announced products and those of its customers.

Such forward-looking information or statements are based on a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, which may cause actual results or other expectations to differ materially from those anticipated and which may prove to be incorrect. Assumptions have been made regarding, among other things, management's expectations regarding the success of the Company's announced products, the market need or demand for such products, including modules and optical engines, the timing of completion of its development efforts, the successful implementation of its optical engine, module and light source products, the success of its customer's products, the capabilities of its operations, including its joint venture, to correctly gauge market needs and to produce products in the required amounts and on a timely basis. Actual results could differ materially due to a number of factors, including, without limitation, the failure of its newly announced optical engine, module and light source products to meet performance requirements, the failure to manufacture products on a timely basis or at all, the failure of its optical engines, module or light source products to attract the attention of customers and end-users, the failure of its products or its customer's products to achieve market penetration, operational risks including the ability to attract key personnel, the failure to protect its intellectual property, and the ability to raise additional capital. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking information or statements are reasonable, prospective investors in the Company's securities should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements because the Company can provide no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Forward-looking information and statements contained in this news release are as of the date of this news release and the Company assumes no obligation to update or revise this forward-looking information and statements except as required by law.

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