Lidar Pioneer and Cepton, Inc. (NASDAQ: CPTN) CEO Dr. Jun Pei Aims to Make Driving Safer with Lidar

Aug 5, 2022

  • Lidar provides high-precision 3D imaging that helps enable hands-free driving, autonomous vehicles, smart cities, robotics, and other smart infrastructure applications
  • Cepton CEO Dr. Jun Pei, a pioneer who led the development of the revolutionary lidar during his tenure at Velodyne, was one of the first to focus on the ADAS market to bring lidar to the mass market
  • Lidar is expected to be a $50B+ market by 2030 and Cepton’s technology will be in select General Motors cars starting next year
  • Cepton recently grew its presence in Detroit with a new center of excellence and aims to expand active engagements and initiatives with automotive Tier 1s and OEMs

Cepton (NASDAQ: CPTN), a Silicon Valley innovator and leader in high-performance lidar solutions, is taking its patented Micro Motion Technology (“MMT(R)”) mainstream under the guidance of company CEO and lidar pioneer Dr. Jun Pei. 

“When Jun Pei decided to start Cepton five years ago, it was not a surprise to me that he wanted to build lidar in every single vehicle, to make every single driver on the road safer,” said…

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