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Lidar

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30 articles decelerating

Lidar has appeared in 30 articles since 2017-03. Coverage peaked in 2017Q2 with 8 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Waymo, Uber, Luminar, Volvo.

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30
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Velocity
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Acceleration
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velocity change
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15
publications

Coverage Timeline

2025-10-20
Financial Times 7 related

London-based CoMind, which develops a non-invasive brain monitoring device with Lidar-like tech, raised $60M led by Plural, taking its total funding to $102.5M

Financial Times :

2021-02-17
Bloomberg 3 related

Lidar startup AEye says it is going public via SPAC, valuing the new company at $2B and raising $455M

- Company nets $455 million to develop self-driving technology  — Its software will also be used in driver assistance systems  —  AEye Inc., a startup that makes lidar systems …

2020-12-22
Reuters 2 related

Lidar sensor manufacturer Ouster says it will go public through a SPAC, raising up to $200M at a valuation of ~$1.9B, the fifth lidar manufacturer to do so

(Reuters) - Ouster Inc, a U.S. startup that makes lidar sensors for self-driving cars and smart cities, said on Tuesday it has agreed …

2020-09-08
VentureBeat 1 related

Lidar sensor manufacturer Ouster raises $42M Series B from investors including Cox Automotive, Tao Capital, and Fontinalis, bringing its total raised to $140M

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :

2019-07-11
TechCrunch 1 related

Lidar startup Luminar raises $100M, bringing its total raised to $250M+, and launches Iris, a compact lidar unit that costs under $1,000 for production vehicles

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch :

2019-03-26
VentureBeat 2 related

Israeli-based Innoviz, which makes the InnovizPro and InnovizOne solid state Lidar sensors, raises $132M Series C, bringing the total raised to $214M

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :

2018-11-19
VentureBeat 1 related

AEye, a California-based maker of Lidar and computer vision tech, raises $40M Series B led by Taiwania Capital, bringing the total raised to over $61M

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :

2017-06-19
Wall Street Journal

AEye raises $16M Series A from KPCB, Airbus, Intel, and others for its Lidar and computer vision tech

Tomio Geron / Wall Street Journal :

2017-04-15
TechCrunch 11 related

Lidar sensor startup Luminar comes out of stealth, says it has raised $36M in seed funding from Canvas Ventures, GVA Capital, and Peter Thiel-backed 1517 Fund

Lora Kolodny / TechCrunch :

2017-04-14
TechCrunch 16 related

Lidar sensor startup Luminar comes out of stealth, says it has raised $36M in seed funding from Canvas Ventures, GVA Capital, and Peter Thiel-backed 1517 Fund

Lora Kolodny / TechCrunch :

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Quarterly Coverage

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Lidar has appeared in 119 Techmeme articles since September 2015. The biggest stories include Apple debuts $999 6.1" iPhone 12 Pro and $1,099 6.7" iPhone 12 Pro Max with flat-edge... and Apple unveils new 11" and 12.9" iPad Pro with a lidar scanner for depth-sensing, backlit.... Frequently covered alongside Waymo, Apple, TechCrunch, SPAC, and Luminar.

Key Moments

2024Q2enterprise +67pts; research -25pts; funding -75pts
2025Q1enterprise -67pts; consumer +50pts; research +50pts
2025Q2safety +100pts; consumer +50pts; research -50pts

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