Company
Publicly traded (Nasdaq: OUST) digital lidar manufacturer; supplies OS-series and (via the 2023 Velodyne merger) Puck/Alpha Prime lidar to AVs and robots.
Based in San Francisco, California, USA · Founded 2015
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- HQ
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Founded
- 2015
- Type
- hardware
- ID
d6523992-8849-407b-9fdd-9e55529a7d99
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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. Ouster merged with Velodyne in 2023; the combined company continues as Ouster.
Supplies to (3)
Sensors
- 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.
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 (6)
- US 11,175,405usptograntedgranted 2021-11-16assignee
- US 12,566,274usptograntedgranted 2026-03-03assignee
- US 12,535,563usptograntedgranted 2026-01-27assignee
- US 12,529,770usptograntedgranted 2026-01-20assignee
- US 11,726,205usptograntedgranted 2023-08-15assignee
- US 10,527,725usptograntedgranted 2020-01-07assignee
Patent litigations (1)
- 337-TA-1363itcdecided · no infringementas complainant2023-10-10
Sources (3)
- Ouster · https://ouster.com/
- Ouster Investor Relations · https://investors.ouster.com/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouster_(company)
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.
- Where is Ouster based?
- Ouster is based in San Francisco, California, USA.
- When was Ouster founded?
- Ouster was founded in 2015.
- What does Ouster make?
- Ouster has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Ouster builds physical robots.
Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (2 primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-07
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-06-07
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- 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.