The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Ambarella: 1 model, 2 deployments across 2 regions, $60.0M raised. 1 source back the record.
Overview
Ambarella (NASDAQ: AMBA) is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in low-power, high-definition video processing and computer vision SoCs for edge AI applications. Founded in 2004 by Fermi Wang and Les Kohn, the company's chips power ADAS systems, autonomous driving platforms, security cameras, drones, and robotics.
Its CV3-AD family of automotive AI domain controllers, built on a 5nm process, enables L2+ to L4 autonomous driving and is deployed through partnerships with Continental, SANY Group, Inceptio Technology, and others. Ambarella acquired VisLab (2015) and Oculii (2021) to strengthen its autonomous driving perception and radar capabilities.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
Company-claimedPriced roundIPO post-money
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Revenue FY2026
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Web sources
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Models (1)
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Every company Ambarella has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Inceptio Technology1× joint3 total
Most recent
Ambarella on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Ambarella's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Ambarella deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (4)
- Fermi Wang CEO & Co-founder, Co-foundersecondary-verified
- Les Kohn CTO & Co-founder, Co-foundersecondary-verified
- John Young Chief Financial Officersecondary-verified
- Alberto Broggi General Manager, VisLabsecondary-verified
Founders (2)
Safety record
No incidents on record for Ambarella.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Ambarella2 deployments
Recent coverage
Ambarella in third-party press
Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DJI7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Gobio Robot6 models
- Orbbec6 models
Supplies to (2)
Compute / semiconductor
- Ottobotby OttonomyAmbarella N1-655 edge GenAI SoC (Ottobot 2.0 variant; runs Contextual AI 2.0 VLMs on-device)supplies
- Parrot ANAFI USAby ParrotAmbarella H22 4K Ultra HD SoC -- primary flight controller and video-processing chip in Parrot ANAFI USA; 14nm quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 at 1.2 GHz running flight control algorithms, 4K 60fps H.265/H.264 encoding, real-time electronic image stabilization, and optical flow sensor processing; purpose-built for drone applicationssupplies
Outbound supply edges from this company. Each relationship appears here when verified with at least two strong sources (maker-official / IR / regulatory / standards-body / verified tier-2). Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history.
Financial state
- Total funding
- $60.0M
- Employees
- 915
- Reporting basis
- sec_10k
- Revenue disclosed
- $390700000 (sec_10k)
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 just announced
Every company Ambarella has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1Inceptio Technology1× joint3 total
Funding rounds (1)
- IPO2012-10-10
$60M(reported) · $600M post
Investors: Morgan Stanley (lead)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Ambarella’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Started supplyingBecame supplier to Motional
2026-08-23Supply: Ambarella CVflow AI vision processors for Motional to Motional
Started supplyingBecame supplier to Robert Bosch
2026-08-23Supply: Ambarella SoCs for Bosch ADAS to Robert Bosch
Started supplyingBecame supplier to Continental AG
2026-08-23Supply: Ambarella SoCs for Continental ADAS to Continental AG
Started supplyingBecame supplier to Skydio
2026-08-23Supply: Ambarella CV2 for Skydio to Skydio
Started supplyingBecame supplier to DJI
2026-08-23Supply: Ambarella for DJI drones to DJI
Started supplyingBecame supplier to Stellantis
2026-08-23Supply: Ambarella CV2 for Stellantis to Stellantis
Started supplyingBecame supplier to Volvo Cars
2026-08-23Supply: Ambarella CV2 for Volvo ADAS to Volvo Cars
Started supplyingBecame supplier to Toyota Motor Corporation
2026-08-23Supply: Ambarella CV2 for Toyota ADAS to Toyota Motor Corporation
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 7, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
CV3-AD655 at Germany, Europe
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
CV3-AD655 at United States (multiple hotel chains)
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
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Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Ambarella.Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DJI7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Gobio Robot6 models
- Orbbec6 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Ambarella from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Machine-readable surfaces
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- RSS feed: /companies/ambarella/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/7eb7779f-93f5-4d0d-9f78-afdef51dbeca
- Revision history: /companies/ambarella/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DJI7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Gobio Robot6 models
- Orbbec6 models
Video
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Heat Index
Category contender77/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Ambarella draws attention at the 84th percentile but verifies reality at the 33rd percentile among other robots. Hype Gap +51, 18th widest among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
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DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 6, 2026