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Zendar
Next generation radar technologies
- 21-100 employees
- B2B
- Artificial Intelligence
- Cars
- Automation
- Science
- Southwest Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
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Company mission
To ensure the future of autonomy is both safe and accessible to all.
Our take
Radar technology presents itself as a promising solution for autonomous vehicles and robots to see the obstacles around them. Yet, existing sensors are too low-resolution and struggle under challenging conditions. Solutions are beginning to arise for self-driving cars, but tackling challenges for fully autonomous robotics is significantly more difficult.
Zendar develops software-driven radar technology that augments the capability of radar sensors, leveraging AI to boost signal analysis to a resolution that is ten times higher. Whilst the company's initial focus is on providing its radar solutions for its automobile partnership with Hyundai, it is also developing hardware and software setups for automated agricultural machinery, robotics, and trucking.
One of Zendar's biggest challenges will be the competition it faces from similar high-resolution startups such as Oculii. Despite this serious competition, Zendar stands out due to its semi-supervised machine-learning approach to radar, a technique that has worked excellently for aerial surveillance and has yet to be implemented into street-level hardware.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Performance based Bonus
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Unlimited PTO
- Equity
- Hybrid work model
- Daily catered lunch and stocked fridge
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jan 2022
$4m
SERIES B
Jun 2021
$8m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $26.8m
This company has top investors
Leadership
Vinayak Nagpal
(CEO)Previously a Senior Researcher for Nokia and also co-founded Vernox in 2013.
Jimmy Wang
(CTO)Experienced as Senior Research Scientist for earthmine Inc., and Lead Research Engineer for HERE Technologies.