Herein lies, I think, the source of investor anxiety (visible symptom here being the entirety of bickering on this forum).  I'm not aware of a single critique against POET's tech or industry relationships - fairly likely we'd (more or less) unanimously agree they are absolute stalwarts in both those categories.

Their market mechanics, on the other hand - perhaps we can classify as "unproven" diplomatically speaking, with some slight missteps that have been over-amplified by unfavorable circumstance and now subject to hyper-scrutiny.  Layer in the unique secrecy/stealthiness of their industry environment, I couldn't imagine how extraordinarily difficult navigating that terrain must be.  Add "duration" to that cocktail and cynicism naturally (even if unjustifiably) emerges.

Agravaine touched on a few less-than-ideal scenarios: uplisting without meaningful news, or delaying uplisting without meaningful news.  I believe both must be critically avoided - hopefully POET's execs would scoff at the very notion and there is a 0% possibility of each.  I'm barely even researching the tech any more - it's way more than sufficient, its way more than great - that box is boldly checked in ink. 

Ergo, the next news release is going to be absolutely devoured - content notwithstanding.  It had better be expertly crafted and perfectly delivered given our current state of affairs.  Let's go!