I've read recently how San Francisco and Silicon Valley are expected to be the epicentre of the global economy, and very soon.  That's the way it's going. What POET is proposing, and the reason why we're all here, is because their solution is disruptive.  Think about what that would mean to the current establishment. 

While I'm tempering my expectations, the links with Apple are undeniable, but also unspoken for a reason.  It's a secreitve, highly ruthless, and always verging on obsolete company, if a competitor comes along and does something groundbreaking.  All tech companies are at risk of being extinct in the persuit of being leading edge.  Which is why Shash had his electonics confiscated at the plant.  That's why wishing for tanglible detailed updates on technical progress will be in vain.