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Vol. 260 | 2025.12.09

Category	Company	Article
LiDAR Sensor	Vueron	Vueron Technology Receives Minister’s Commendation in ‘Deep Tech Startup 1000+’ from Ministry of SMEs and Startups
LiDAR Sensor	Aeva, Daimler	Aeva: Powering Daimler’s Next-Gen Freight Network
Self-driving	Nvidia	Nvidia releases open-source software for self-driving car development
Autonomous Driving	Wayve	Wayve buys Quality Match to accelerate autonomous driving rollout
LiDAR	Voyant	Voyant Photonics expands FMWC lidar platform

Vueron Technology Receives Minister’s Commendation in ‘Deep Tech Startup 1000+’ from Ministry of SMEs and Startups

📌 Vueron CEO Kim Jae-kwang received a Minister’s Commendation for the company’s achievements in commercializing LiDAR perception technology and advancing localized autonomous driving solutions under the Deep Tech Startup 1000+ Project.

• The Ministry of SMEs and Startups honored Vueron for its performance in the national Deep Tech Startup 1000+ (DIPS 1000+).

• Vueron was selected for the program in May and is receiving up to KRW 600 million over three years to accelerate commercialization.

• The award recognizes Vueron’s progress in LiDAR perception technology and its contributions to the localization of autonomous driving systems.

• CEO Kim led the commercialization of VueOne for autonomous driving, ADAS, and smart infrastructure, and VueTwo for urban safety and crowd analysis.

• Vueron introduced VueX, a platform that streamlines LiDAR data collection, labeling, training, and deployment in an intuitive, web-based environment.

• VueOne supports real-time operation across diverse LiDAR sensors and automotive chipsets, expanding through global B2B licensing partnerships.

• VueTwo is being deployed in municipal safety and crowd analysis systems, with adoption growing in public infrastructure.

• Vueron has earned six global awards, including CES and Tech.AD honors, and continues to strengthen its global competitiveness with rising overseas sales.

Aeva: Powering Daimler’s Next-Gen Freight Network

📌 Aeva and Daimler Truck reached key milestones toward integrating Aeva’s 4D LiDAR into Daimler’s next-generation automated trucks, while Aeva expands into smart-city infrastructure with new partnerships and funding.

• Aeva completed its first prototype phase by integrating its 4D LiDAR hardware into operational Daimler Truck test vehicles for real-world performance validation.

• The testing program supports software optimization and system integration ahead of Daimler’s planned high-volume production of automated trucks in 2027.

• Aeva plans to deliver Atlas C-sample units in 2026; these production-intent components will undergo durability, reliability and manufacturing verification.

• Parallel simulation and hardware trials ensure the sensing system meets Daimler’s operational and safety requirements.

• The collaboration is shifting from early development to an operational deployment program, positioning Aeva’s 4D LiDAR as foundational sensing infrastructure.

• Aeva is expanding beyond hardware into intelligent transportation systems through an exclusive partnership with D2 Traffic Technologies.

• Apollo committed US$100 million in convertible financing to scale Aeva’s 4D LiDAR commercialization across U.S. traffic infrastructure markets.

• Aeva continues strengthening its supply-chain capabilities, with leadership participating in industry forums focused on resilience and AI-driven operations.

Nvidia releases open-source software for self-driving car development

📌 Nvidia released Alpamayo-R1, an open-source vision-language-action model that enables self-driving cars to use reasoning and natural-language explanations to improve transparency and safety in autonomous decision-making.

• Nvidia introduced Alpamayo-R1, an open-source VLA (vision-language-action) model designed to accelerate autonomous driving development.

• The model converts sensor inputs into natural-language descriptions, supporting more interpretable decision-making.

• Alpamayo-R1 uses “thinking-aloud” reasoning, allowing the vehicle to articulate its observations and planned actions as it navigates.

• This approach addresses limitations of previous AV systems that provided minimal insight into why specific path-planning decisions were made.

• Enhanced transparency helps engineers diagnose errors and improve safety performance more efficiently.

• Nvidia positioned the open-source release as a catalyst for industry-wide standardization in evaluating reasoning-based AV models.

• The software builds on Nvidia’s broader strategy to pair high-performance AI hardware with advanced open-source software tools.

Wayve buys Quality Match to accelerate autonomous driving rollout

📌 Wayve acquired German startup Quality Match to strengthen data quality capabilities essential for scaling its AI Driver autonomous driving system toward commercial deployment.

• Wayve purchased Quality Match, a German firm specializing in data quality assurance for computer vision and AI.

• The acquisition adds 20 data specialists to Wayve and brings founder Daniel Kondermann onboard as Director of Data.

• Quality Match enhances Wayve’s ability to analyze, interpret and validate large-scale video and driving datasets used to train its AI Driver system.

• The integration aims to improve robustness, interpretability and overall performance of Wayve’s end-to-end autonomous driving models.

• Wayve recently opened a new on-road testing and development hub in Stuttgart, expanding its presence within Germany’s automotive ecosystem.

• Germany’s road network and engineering talent enable Wayve to refine AI-powered driving systems under diverse real-world conditions.

• The acquisition supports Wayve’s broader strategy to commercialize AI-based autonomous driving solutions across Europe, the UK and the US.

Voyant Photonics expands FMWC lidar platform

📌 Voyant Photonics expanded its Carbon FMCW lidar platform with new 32-line and 64-line variants, targeting compact, cost- and compute-constrained applications across robotics, drones, industrial systems and smart infrastructure.

• Voyant introduced 32-line and 64-line versions of its Carbon FMCW lidar ahead of CES 2026, complementing the existing 128-line model

• The new variants reduce data rates and integration complexity while maintaining FMCW advantages such as velocity measurement, interference immunity and high dynamic range.

• Carbon sensors leverage Voyant’s silicon-photonics architecture, integrating beam steering and coherent detection on a single chip for mass-production scalability and calibration stability.

• The lineup enables OEMs to tailor resolution and compute load to use cases ranging from AGVs and robotics to drones and edge devices.

• FMCW technology provides per-pixel depth and motion information, supporting advanced spatial reasoning for industrial automation, smart infrastructure, logistics and defense.

• Voyant aims to position 4D FMCW lidar as a mainstream machine-perception component rather than a niche automotive sensor.

• Partnerships with semiconductor foundries and a global photonics supply chain support cost-efficient scaling and market expansion.

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