Cepton, Inc. Secures Engineering Services Agreement with Automotive Giant Koito Manufacturing
May 14, 2024 at 02:43 pm EDT
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Cepton, Inc. Chief Commercial Officer Mitch Hourtienne joined Steve Darling from Proactive to reveal a significant milestone as the company finalized an Engineering Services Agreement with KOITO MANUFACTURING, a renowned automotive Tier 1 partner and existing shareholder. With a legacy dating back to 1915, KOITO is a global leader in automotive lighting, boasting a network of 30 companies across 13 countries.
Under the agreement, KOITO will extend $10 million in engineering services to Cepton to bolster the product development and execution of a major global OEM program. This collaboration will primarily focus on advancing Cepton's near-range lidar technology, essential for Level 4 autonomous driving capabilities in various on-road and off-road scenarios. The partnership underscores Cepton's commitment to delivering cutting-edge solutions in the autonomous driving space, leveraging KOITO's expertise and resources to accelerate product development and meet the evolving needs of OEM customers worldwide.
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Cepton, Inc. is an innovator of light detection and ranging (lidar)-based solutions for automotive (ADAS/AV), smart cities, smart spaces, and smart industrial applications. It offers near-range lidars, long-range lidars and ultra-long-range lidars, automotive software and smart lidar systems that include its perception software. Its solutions include industrial and automotive grade lidars. For mass market automotive advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) applications, it also sells components and license technologies to tier 1 suppliers to enable them to manufacture lidars in high volume and sell to original equipment manufacturers customers. Its customers can enable safety and autonomy applications across a range of end-markets, including its primary market. It offers a comprehensive lidar solutions platform comprised of both hardware and software. It also offers intelligent, smart lidar perception solutions by combining lidar sensors with its advanced Helius perception software.
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