"with the help of select potential POET Development Alliance (PDA) partners, progress on this milestone is ahead of the schedule"
I find this intriguing, are these potential partners in our lab assisting in some fashion? Maybe these potential partners have provided technical staff to start the learning curve of Poet? They must have some rock solid agreements in place for this to happen! Alternatively it is possible the potential partners are just assisting in what they need in the TDKs and reviewing work and not actually in the lab.
Food for thought.