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May 2, 2024     Electronics 360
Production begins on first optical beamforming chip

May 1, 2024     Metro Vancouver
Invest Vancouver Welcomes US High-Tech 3D Sensor Company

Apr 24, 2024     Robotics 24/7
Lumotive, EDOM partner to market optical computer chips in Taiwan

Apr 17, 2024     EE Times Asia
Lumotive Taps EDOM to Accelerate Solid-State Lidar Adoption in Taiwan

Jan 15, 2024     EE Times
Can Metamaterials Revolutionize Optical Computing?

Jan 12, 2024     Photonics Spectra
Photonics Tech Shines at CES 2024

Jan 11, 2024     GoPhotonics
Lumotive’s Digital Beam Steering Takes Center Stage at CES 2024

Jan 5, 2024     GeekWire
CES 2024: Here are the Washington state companies taking tech innovation to Las Vegas

Nov 28, 2023     Fast Company
Lumotive named as one of Fast Company’s Next Big Things In Tech 2023

Nov 16, 2023     Consumer Technology Association
Lumotive LM10 Chip is a CES Innovation Awards 2024 Honoree

June 1, 2023     Robotics 24/7
Lumotive and Hokuyo Partner to Build 3D Lidar Sensing Into Industrial Automation

Apr 12, 2023     Wall Street Journal
Lighter, Cheaper, Faster—MetaVC Looks for Metamaterials Startups

Apr 13, 2023     EE News, Europe
$62m fund for metamaterial startups

Jan 07, 2023     Imaging and Machine Vision Europe
New lidar solutions presented at CES 2023

Jan 04, 2023    Puget Sound Business Journal
Lidar company Lumotive raises $13M in round led by Samsung

Jan 03, 2023    Geekwire
CES 2023: A list of Washington state companies showing off
their latest tech gadgets and services

Aug 30, 2022    ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle International
Lumotive Secures Funding for LCM Beam Steering Chips

Jun 18, 2022    EE Times Weekend Edition
Sam Heidari: ‘Focus on the Journey, Not Just the Destination’

Jun 01, 2022    Unscrewed Systems Technology Magazine
 
Feb 15, 2022    Driving Vision News
 
Jan 31, 2022    Forbes
Nov 29, 2021    Embedded Computing Design
 
Oct 26, 2021    EE Times – European Edition
 

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Lumotive Unveils Meta-Lidar™ Platform — Industry’s Smallest, Solid-State, All Silicon, Scalable 3D Sensing Solution

MUNICH (IAA MOBILITY) – September 6, 2021 – Lumotive, a leading developer of solid-state lidar systems, today introduced the Meta-Lidar™ Platform — the industry’s smallest and most cost-effective 3D sensing solution comprising a Lumotive tiny lidar device with patented beam steering technology, software-defined scan modes, and a reference system design. Powered by Lumotive’s highly scalable Light Control Metasurface™ silicon […]

Lumotive Named One of JMP Securities’ “Efficient Fifty” Companies For Second Consecutive Year

Seattle, WA – February 23, 2021 – Lumotive, a leading developer of scalable, solid-state LiDAR systems for smartphones, industrial automation, robotics and automotive applications, today announced its inclusion for the second consecutive year in JMP Securities’ Efficient Fifty list of “the most interesting private companies in industrial and energy technology.” “Our team analyzed several hundred companies in the process of […]

Lumotive’s “Mini-LiDAR Early Access Program” Accelerates Adoption of Tiny LiDAR in Smartphones and Other Devices

Seattle, WA – February 8, 2021 – Lumotive, a leading developer of scalable, solid-state LiDAR systems, today began accepting applications for its “Mini-LiDAR Early Access Program” (EAP) from qualified partners deploying extremely small form-factor LiDAR in smartphones, augmented reality (AR) products, industrial automation systems and near-range automotive solutions, such as for blind-spot detection and in-cabin driver monitoring systems. […]

Lumotive Earns Spot on Built In’s “Best Small Companies to Work For in Seattle” List for 2021

Seattle, WA // January 13, 2021 — Built In today announced that the company honored Lumotive with inclusion in the 2021 Best Places To Work Awards. Specifically, Lumotive earned a place on the “Best Small Companies to Work For in Seattle” list. The annual awards include companies of all sizes, from startups to the enterprise, nationally and in the […]

Lumotive, Yole Développement and LiDAR News to Host “LiDAR: One Size Does Not Fit All” Webinar, January 21, 2021

Seattle, WA – January 7, 2021 – Lumotive, a leading developer of scalable, solid-state LiDAR systems, and market research company Yole Développement today announced the “LiDAR: One Size Does Not Fit All” webinar to be hosted and moderated by leading industry publication LiDAR News on January 21, 2021 at 11:00 AM, Eastern time. Ideal for developers of smartphones and industrial or automotive products […]

Lumotive Introduces Exclusive Early Access Program to Support Select Partners and Accelerate Adoption of Innovative LiDAR Technology

Seattle, WA – August 4, 2020 – Lumotive, a leading developer of scalable solid-state LiDAR systems, today announced its “Early Access Program” (EAP) designed to assist select customers build unique, market-specific features into their LiDAR-enabled products and bring them to market faster. Open to a small number of qualified partners, the EAP program provides engineering support and early access to […]

Lumotive Unveils Industry-First LiDAR Products Leveraging Liquid Crystal Metasurfaces™ and CMOS Manufacturing to Address Performance, Cost and Form-Factor Needs Across Multiple Markets

Seattle, WA – May 19, 2020 – Lumotive, a leading developer of scalable solid-state LiDAR systems, today announced the first two in a series of 3D-sensing products that utilize its innovative Liquid Crystal Metasurfaces™ (LCMs) manufactured in CMOS semiconductor processes to meet performance, cost and size requirements across a range of industries. With samples available in the […]

Lumotive Named One of JMP Securities’ “Efficient Fifty” Leading Private Companies in Industrial and Energy Technology

Seattle, WA – March 3, 2020 – Lumotive, a leading developer of solid-state LiDAR systems for consumer electronics, industrial automation, robotics and autonomous vehicles, today announced its inclusion in JMP Securities’ recently released Efficient Fifty list of “the most interesting private companies in industrial and energy technology.” Lumotive received seed funding from Bill Gates and Quan Funds. “Our team analyzed […]

Lumotive’s Revolutionary Beam Steering Technology for Lidar Systems Recognized by Laser Focus World as “Top 20 Photonics Technology”

Seattle, WA – February 25, 2020 – Lumotive, a leading developer of solid-state LiDAR systems for consumer electronics, industrial automation, robotics and autonomous vehicles, today announced selection of its revolutionary beam steering technology based on patented Liquid Crystal Metasurfaces™ as one of Laser Focus World’s “Top 20 Photonics Technologies for 2019”. Published monthly since 1965 […]

Lumotive Named One of Built In Seattle’s Prestigious “Best Small Companies to Work For in 2020”

Seattle, WA – February 24, 2020 – Lumotive, a leading developer of 3D-sensing systems for consumer electronics, industrial automation, robotics and autonomous vehicles, today announced its selection as one of Built In Seattle’s “Best Small Companies to Work For in 2020.” The list includes the highest rated companies with less than 100 employees based on compensation […]

Lumotive and Himax Technologies Target Autonomous Vehicles with Industry-First Liquid Crystal on Silicon Solution for High-Performance LiDAR Systems

SEATTLE and TAINAN, Taiwan, Sept. 03, 2019 -- Lumotive, the Bill Gates-funded startup developing LiDAR systems for autonomous vehicles, and Himax Display, Inc., a subsidiary of Himax Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:HIMX), today announced a first-of-its-kind, jointly-developed solution to enable disruptive beam steering technology in LiDAR systems that marries Himax’s proven Liquid-Crystal-On-Silicon (LCOS) technology with Lumotive’s patented […]

TowerJazz and Lumotive Demonstrate True Solid-State Beam Steering for Automotive LiDAR Systems

MIGDAL HAEMEK, Israel, and Seattle, WA, June 26, 2019 – TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, and Lumotive, the Bill Gates-funded startup developing LiDAR systems for autonomous vehicles, today announced the successful demonstration of the first beam steering ICs for automotive LiDAR systems that are fully solid-state (without any moving parts). Based on Lumotive’s unique liquid crystal metasurface (LCM) […]
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