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Ex-Apple Face ID Engineers Launch Lyte With $107 Million to Build a Robot ‘Visual Brain’

LyteVision fuses camera, inertial, plus 4D sensing into one platform to speed safer robot perception, simplify integration.

Overview

  • Lyte emerged from stealth on Jan. 5 with about $107 million from Fidelity, Atreides, Exor Ventures, Key1 Capital, VentureTech Alliance, and a group led by Avigdor Willenz.
  • Founded in 2021 by Alexander Shpunt, Arman Hajati, and Yuval Gerson, the Mountain View company draws on experience from PrimeSense, Microsoft Kinect, and Apple’s Face ID.
  • LyteVision integrates a camera, inertial motion sensing, and a 4D sensor that measures distance and velocity to deliver immediately usable perception data.
  • The startup is developing custom silicon, optics, and software to provide a plug‑and‑play stack that reduces multi‑year sensor‑integration timelines for robotics firms.
  • Lyte received a CES Innovation award in robotics, employs about 100 people, targets humanoids, mobile robots, and robotaxis, and has not disclosed customers.