Volatile Analysis Corporation was founded in February, 2007 and began operations in a business incubator near the campus of the University of Alabama Huntsville. The original mission was to utilize volatile chemicals to detect disease states (metabolomics). Ground work was conducted in vitro and ex-vivo with pathogenic fungi. Results were presented at the American Chemical Society annual meeting (Washington D.C., 2009), and at the International Association for Breath Research (Dortmund, Germany, 2009). Final results were published in the Journal of Breath Research (2012). Development of patent pending devices commenced in conjunction metabolomics studies. A services department was established at launch, shortly after founding, with a focus in the area of aroma and odor analysis as well as trace level chemical measurement to enable the company to self-fund, as much as possible, their work to bring their consumer based product, later branded as BreathKeys™, to market. The company has acquired and/or invented many technologies to date and is in the process of refining and focusing all activities toward its BreathKeysAI™ product launch, therefore divesting or restructuring the non-core technology assets, primarily equipment designs, odor and aroma software and services assets, and related patents.
