What does Ouster make?

Ouster has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Ouster builds physical robots.

Who is the CEO of Ouster?

Angus Pacala is the ceo of Ouster, per the DEPLOY registry.

Where is Ouster headquartered?

Ouster is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA.

Is Ouster a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Ouster ranks in roughly the top 8% of companies tracked by the registry.

Ouster has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

Company

Ouster

Publicly traded (Nasdaq: OUST) digital lidar manufacturer; supplies OS-series and (via the 2023 Velodyne merger) Puck/Alpha Prime lidar to AVs and robots.

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Founded: 2015
HQ: San Francisco, California, USA
Status: NASDAQ: OUST (merged with Velodyne Lidar 2023, now Ouster Inc.)

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Key facts

Public

NYSE: OUST (SPAC Mar 2021, ~$300M gross proceeds)

Founded

2015, San Francisco (co-founders Angus Pacala, Mark Frichtl)

Key products

OS-series digital LiDAR; Velodyne Puck/Ultra Puck (via 2023 merger)

Verified patents

6 USPTO granted patents (digital LiDAR architecture, scanned emitter array, time-series accuracy, guided flash, coaxial waveguide)

Verified customers

May Mobility (company); Boston Dynamics Spot (Velodyne VLP-16); ANYbotics ANYmal (Velodyne Puck)

Funding

Growth Round $60M (2019); Series B $42M (2020); SPAC ~$300M (2021); pre-SPAC total ~$189M

Data & sources

Press releases

Patent documents

Web sources

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Ouster on the deployment map

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Relationships

CCox AutomotiveInvestor FFontinalis PartnersInvestor TTao Capital PartnersInvestor RRunway Growth CapitalInvestor CConstellation Technology VenturesInvestor CCarthona CapitalInvestor

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.

PRIMARY SOURCE

Courtesy of Ouster

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

Ouster Stock Hits New Highs as Lidar Demand Gains Momentum

Jul 8, 2026

Supplies to (9)

Sensors

Kodiak AIOuster digital LiDAR sensors on Kodiak autonomous trucks (Texas testing adoption; not a disclosed multi-year contract)suppliesclaimed
Outrider Yard Truckby OutriderOuster OS0 digital lidar sensors (high-resolution lidar for 360-degree perception; multi-year strategic customer agreement; centimeter-level accuracy for trailer dock backing and hitching)supplies
May Mobility Autonomous Siennaby May MobilityOuster OS1 LiDAR (short/mid-range, 4x per vehicle) + Alpha Prime VLS-128 (long-range, 1x per vehicle)supplies
Ottobotby OttonomyOuster 3D LiDAR (360-degree; long-term supply contract; Ottonomy demonstrated at Ouster CES 2023 booth)supplies
Elios 3by FlyabilityOuster OS0-32 Rev 6.2 LiDAR sensor (standard configuration, launched May 2022) -- primary 3D mapping and navigation sensor for the Elios 3 confined-space inspection drone; enables real-time 3D model creation via Flyability's FlyAware SLAM engine with accuracy to +/-2cm even in dark, dusty and reflective environments; the Elios 3 Surveying Payload (announced October 2023) upgrades to the Ouster OS0-128 Rev 7 for centimeter-accurate survey-grade point clouds; both configurations source their LiDAR from Oustersupplies
Serve Gen 3by Serve RoboticsOuster REV7 digital LiDAR -- primary ranging sensor for Serve Robotics Gen 3 sidewalk delivery robot; part of a comprehensive sensor suite upgrade in Gen 3 (October 2024 launch); provides high-resolution point-cloud data for pedestrian detection, obstacle avoidance, and navigation on public sidewalks; paired with NVIDIA Jetson Orin AGX compute modulesupplies
ANYbotics ANYmalby ANYboticsVelodyne Puck (VLP-16) LiDARsupplies
Spotby Boston DynamicsVelodyne VLP-16 (Puck) 16-channel LiDAR (Spot Enhanced Autonomy Payload)supplies
May MobilityOS1 digital LiDAR (four per vehicle) + Alpha Prime VLS-128 long-range LiDAR (one per vehicle)supplies

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

Reporting basis: aggregator_estimate
Lifecycle stage: mature
Counterparty risk class: low

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Funding rounds (3)

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)
Investors: Runway Growth Capital (lead), Cox Automotive, Fontinalis Partners, Constellation Technology Ventures, Carthona Capital

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

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
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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/

Common questions

What is Ouster?: Publicly traded (Nasdaq: OUST) digital lidar manufacturer; supplies OS-series and (via the 2023 Velodyne merger) Puck/Alpha Prime lidar to AVs and robots.
What does Ouster make?: Ouster has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Ouster builds physical robots.
Who is the CEO of Ouster?: Angus Pacala is the ceo of Ouster, per the DEPLOY registry.
Where is Ouster headquartered?: Ouster is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA.
Is Ouster a top robotics company?: On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Ouster ranks in roughly the top 8% of companies tracked by the registry.
When was Ouster founded?: Ouster was founded in 2015.
Is Ouster safe?: Ouster has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

Methodology: Verified · 4 sources (3 primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-24

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-06-24

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.