The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Ouster: 1 model, $402.0M raised. 9 sources back the record.
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Regional ecosystem
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Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSPAC post-money
Key facts
Public
Founded
Key products
Verified patents
Verified customers
Data & sources
Press releases
3
Patent documents
5
Web sources
1
9 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
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Every company Ouster has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1QCraft1× joint3 total
Most recent
- QCraft x Ouster2021-11-12with QCraftoperating
Ouster on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (7)
- Angus Pacala Co-founder & CEOsecondary-verified
- Mark Frichtl Co-founder & CTOsecondary-verified
- Ken Gianella executiveSEC-verified
- Darien Spencer executiveSEC-verified
- Megan Chung executiveSEC-verified
- Cyrille Jacquemet executiveIR-verified
- Chen Geng executiveSEC-verified
Founders (2)
- Angus Pacalacofounderfounded 2015-01-01
- Mark Frichtlcofounderfounded 2015-01-01
Media (1)
Company-anchored media. Official assets the company has published at the company level, distinct from model-anchored media that lives on individual product pages.
Ouster's launch of its Automotive Digital Flash (DF) series solid-state LiDAR for ADAS and automated driving. The performance claims (solid-state with no moving parts, 8x size reduction, 'market-leading' range and resolution) are Ouster's stated specifications.
Safety record
No incidents on record for Ouster.
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 →
Recent coverage
Ouster in third-party press
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- SIYI Technology5 models
Mentioned on (13)
Registry pages whose text names Ouster.
Companies (2)
Robots and products (4)
People (7)
Darien Spencer, Cyrille Jacquemet, Chen Geng, Ken Gianella, Megan Chung, Mark Frichtl, Angus Pacala
Supplies to (9)
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
- $402.0M
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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 operating
Every company Ouster has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- QCraft x Ouster2021-11-12with QCraftoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1QCraft1× joint3 total
Funding rounds (3)
Ouster’s 3 disclosed rounds, $402M in total, oldest to newest.
- SPAC2021-03-11
$300M(reported) · $1.6B post
- Series B2020-09-08
$42M(reported)
Investors: Cox Automotive, Fontinalis Partners, Tao Capital Partners
- Growth Round (2019)2019-03-25
$60M(reported) · $300M post
Investors: Runway Growth Capital (lead), Cox Automotive, Fontinalis Partners, Constellation Technology Ventures, Carthona Capital
Acquisitions (1)
- acquired Velodyne LiDARmerger2023-02-10
Patent estate (5)
- US11175405usptograntedassignee
- US11178381B2usptograntedgranted 2021-11-16assignee
- US11190750B2usptograntedgranted 2021-11-30assignee
- US11287515B2usptograntedgranted 2022-03-29assignee
- US11422236B2usptograntedgranted 2022-08-23assignee
Patent litigations (1)
- 337-TA-1373itcwithdrawn · settled undisclosedas complainant2023-10-16
Timeline
Every recorded move in Ouster’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Started supplyingBecame supplier to dConstruct Technologies
2026-08-23Supply: OS1-32 LiDAR sensors to dConstruct Technologies
Started supplyingBecame supplier to dConstruct Robotics
2026-08-23Supply: OS1-32 LiDAR for mapping robots to dConstruct Robotics
Started supplyingBecame supplier to Waymo
2026-08-23Supply: Ouster LiDAR to Waymo
Started supplyingBecame supplier to Cruise
2026-08-23Supply: Ouster LiDAR for Cruise to Cruise
Started supplyingBecame supplier to Kodiak AI
2026-06-27Supply: Ouster digital LiDAR sensors on Kodiak autonomous trucks (Texas testing adoption; not a disclosed multi-year contract) to Kodiak AI
Started supplyingBecame supplier to May Mobility
2026-06-06Supply: OS1 digital LiDAR (four per vehicle) + Alpha Prime VLS-128 long-range LiDAR (one per vehicle) to May Mobility
AcquisitionAcquired Velodyne LiDAR
2023-02-10Acquired Velodyne LiDAR (merger)
PartnershipQCraft x Ouster
2021-11-12QCraft partnered with Ouster to incorporate Ouster lidar sensors into its Driven-by-QCraft autonomous driving platform for robobus and robotaxi fleets. QCraft launched China's first regularly operated 5G robobus project in Suzhou using Ouster lidar.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 6, 2026
Ouster Automotive Digital Flash (DF) series LiDAR
- Record createdJun 6, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (4)
- Ouster · https://ouster.com/
- Ouster Investor Relations · https://investors.ouster.com/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouster_(company)
- Ouster Investor Relations · https://ir.ouster.com/
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Methodology: Verified · 4 sources (3 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 1
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Ouster.Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- SIYI Technology5 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Ouster from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Wildfire drones get sharper 3D vision for dangerous missions
Wildfires are one of the hardest environments for autonomous drones to navigate. Smoke can obscure cameras, terrain can change quickly, and a drone carrying a heavy load has…
Autonomous & Self-Driving Vehicle News: Pony.ai, GAC, Tesla, Waymo, Ouster, Lucid & Bolt
In connected car news are Pony.ai, GAC, Tesla, Waymo, Ouster, Lucid and Bolt. Pony.ai and GAC Gen-4 Robotruck At IAA Transportation 2026 in Hannover, Pony.ai The post Autonomous &…
From Power Lines to Mine Shafts: Lidar Expands the Reach of Drone Mapping
Ouster partnerships with GeoCue and Flyability show how next-generation lidar is supporting applications above infrastructure and deep inside confined spaces Two recent…
GeoCue Integrates Ouster’s BABA-Compliant Rev8 OS1 Max Lidar Into TrueView Drone Payloads
Native color digital lidar joins TrueView 1 payloads and LP360 software for utility corridor and large-scale infrastructure mapping across the U.S. Ouster (Nasdaq: OUST) and…
Ouster and GeoCue Push Drone LiDAR Further Into Infrastructure Mapping
Ouster and GeoCue Push Drone LiDAR Further Into Infrastructure Mapping Drone surveying of power lines, transport corridors and major infrastructure is becoming an increasingly…
John Deere’s GUSS Automation to integrate Ouster lidar into autonomous orchard machines
GUSS Automation, a wholly owned John Deere subsidiary and a pioneer in autonomous high-value crop operations, plans to incorporate Ouster’s Rev8 OS0 native color digital lidar…
Ouster lidar to support GUSS autonomous orchard machines
GUSS Automation – a John Deere subsidiary – plans to integrate Ouster’s Rev8 OS0 native-color digital lidar sensors, powered by Ouster’s L4 Ouster Silicon, into its…
John Deere Advances Orchard Autonomy with Ouster Rev8 Lidar
John Deere Advances Orchard Autonomy with Ouster Rev8 Lidar Autonomous machinery has a relatively easy job when the world around it is open, predictable and accurately mapped. An…
Trossen Robotics and Ouster Subsidiary Stereolabs, Partner to Develop High-Fidelity Stereo Vision for Physical AI Data Collection
Insider Brief Trossen Robotics and Stereolabs are collaborating on robot-learning platforms aimed at improving the quality of data used to train physical AI models. The…
Ouster wins Utah lidar traffic management expansion deal
The lidar traffic management deal shows Utah leaning on sensor data to help cut roadway deaths across the state The post Ouster wins Utah lidar traffic management expansion deal…
Ouster Stock Hits New Highs as Lidar Demand Gains Momentum
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Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- SIYI Technology5 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
Ouster draws attention at the 91st percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Meaningful press and media coverage across the period. Thin IP estate relative to category peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
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: Oct 20, 2026