Name of the Organization: Aegilys
Industry: Biotechnology
CEO/Founder: Sloane Tilley
1) How has MTIP impacted your company or your ability to hire interns?
MTIP has been a reliable talent pipeline for Aegilys: we’ve hired six interns through the program, including Ye Hwan Lee (an Army veteran) who converted from intern to a full-time engineer after graduating in Dec 2025. MTIP interns have given us critical hands-on help in R&D and manufacturing workstreams and helped us identify long-term hires with operational experience.
2) What inspired the founder to start the company?
The founder was inspired after a serious injury and recovery while competing as a triathlete, which highlighted that real-time, non-invasive biomarker monitoring (like cortisol for performance/readiness) didn’t exist — so she set out to build sensors that enable real-time monitoring of readiness and recovery.
3) What problem is the company solving, or what service or feature is the company providing?
Aegilys builds electrochemical sensors and advanced sensing materials that deliver real-time, non-invasive detection of readiness biomarkers (e.g., cortisol) and external chemical threats (e.g. fentanyl) at the point of need, designed to work in messy, operational environments where lab workflows or fragile sensors fail.
4) Can you share a major milestone or success that has had a significant impact on your company’s growth?
5) What is your company aiming to achieve in the next 5 to 10 years?
We aim to scale multi-analyte, field-ready edge sensing for warfighter readiness and force protection, and to establish a U.S. additive manufacturing line for custom electrodes to eliminate a critical supply-chain chokepoint while enabling rapid iteration and lower precious-metal waste.
6) What advice would you give to someone wanting to start a company in your industry?
Partner early with end users and mission customers to drive requirements and validation, focus on manufacturing/in-country supply-chain resilience as early as product design, and prioritize rugged, low-power solutions that work in real operational conditions rather than lab-only performance.