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Hyperion is only one piece of a very complicated puzzle. By itself it is essentially useless....at least in the PV sector.
I do not believe that there is any PV line that can use the thin , exfoliated Silicon output of Hyperion. It requires the development of a totally new process line to include handling the thin, fragile sheets, laminating them to a low cost substrate, determining how to connect them electrically (Merlin...maybe)
This is a couple of years and several 100 million $ to accomplish. Also I do not believe that the economic viability of Hyperion has been demonstrated. Technical feasibility and Economic viability are very different.

As far as Sapphire is concerned the only demonstration of it was one picture of a sheet exfoliated from a 2" Sapphire core...maybe OK for a watch but way too small for a cover glass on a phone. As with Silicon I believe that the cut surface needs secondary processing before it is usable in the final application.

Medical applications is years away and there are several companies with a head start.

I am not saying that it has no value but whoever has it must have deep pockets and time as it will take both to get this to market for any application.