LiDAR startup company - Quanergy

According to the news of the company, Quanergy is expected to become the first self-driving car technology company in the public offering (IPO). According to informed sources, Quanergy has been consulting banking institutions on its listing recommendations and hopes to have an IPO in 2018. However, Quanergy did not respond positively to this. Quanergy is focused on developing a very important laser sensing technology for self-driving cars - LiDAR (Lidar). A self-driving car usually requires two or more LiDAR sensors to create real-time 3D imaging of the road and surrounding objects using laser beam scanning. As the pace of self-driving cars gets closer, the industry's enthusiasm for autonomous driving technology continues to heat up. Technology giants such as Apple and Apple have invested heavily in automated driving systems. Automakers such as Tesla and Volkswagen have introduced certain autopilot features for some of their cars. In July of this year, Audi (Audi), the Audi Group, released its first production model embedded in the LiDAR sensing system, the Audi A8. Financing situation

Memes Consulting summarized Quanergy's financing situation in recent years. Quanergy has raised $134.5 million to date, including: Delphi, Samsung and Sensata. In addition, Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov publicly stated that he had a stake in some of Quanergy in April, after Alizer Usmanov had invested in the two companies before Facebook (Facebook) and Alibaba (Alibaba). Quanergy, a wide-ranging automotive industry partner, has established in-depth partnerships with major automotive manufacturers and Tier 1 suppliers, including Daimler AG, Renault Nissan, and Hyundai. ), Delphi (Delphi), Sensata (Sensata) and so on.

Dr. Louay Eldada, CEO of Quanergy's main partner, Quanergy, said Quanergy has valued about $1.58 billion in its recent August 2016 B round of financing. Louay Eldada is co-founder and CEO of Quanergy and Ph.D. in Optical Engineering from Columbia University. Dr. Eldada is a successful serial entrepreneur who has previously established three companies and sold them to Fortune 100 companies. Quanergy is the fourth startup company he founded. Dr. Eldada is a technology leader with a successful employment experience in startups and large groups. He has 70 patents and is in the fields of quantum optics, nanotechnology, optical integrated circuits, advanced optoelectronics, sensors and robotics. expert. Prior to founding Quanergy, he served as CSO of SunEdison, CTO of HelioVolt (acquired by SK Energy), CTO of Telephotonics (later acquired by DuPont Photonic Technologies, and Eldada continued to serve as CTO of the latter). main products

Quanergy's current main products and parameters Currently, Quanergy's product line includes three LiDAR sensors: M8, S3 and S3-Qi, and a new generation of security solutions Q-Guard developed with LiDAR sensors. The M8 is the first generation of LiDAR from Quanergy, featuring eight 2D linear laser scanners based on Time of Flight technology; the S3 is the world's first solid-state LiDAR sensor. Unlike traditional mechanical scanning LiDAR, S3 uses optical phased array technology, does not contain any rotating moving parts, realizes miniaturization of LiDAR sensor, and improves reliability. It is expected to reduce the price of the sensor to 250 after mass production. Below the US dollar; the S3-Qi is a miniature solid-state LiDAR sensor. The S3-Qi comes in a standard package size of only 1 x 1.5 inches (inches) and weighs about 100g, resulting in lower power consumption. Thanks to its small package size and cost-effective product design (expected to be less than $100 after mass production), the S3-Qi can be used in a wide range of applications including drones, smart robots, security, smart home and industrial automation applications. .

Quanergy's first solid-state LiDAR sensor S3's optical phased array works with LiDAR to expand a new generation of security solutions. According to previously reported by James Consulting, in June 2017, Quanergy developed an industry-unique intrusion based on its LiDAR sensor. Detect and monitor the automated security solution Q-Guard. Real-time detection, tracking and demographics are achieved through the use of 3D point clouds and color video images. Q-Guard can quickly detect and classify people in intrusion into security areas, and then use video security cameras to track intruding objects in specific areas. Q-Guard features multi-LiDAR FusionTM, Quanergy's unique intelligence technology that combines multiple LiDAR sensor data to achieve unified point cloud data for tracking specific targets in complex environments. It is reported that Q-Guard has been nominated for the 2017 "ASTORS" Homeland Security Award.