(MENAFN- ValueWalk) has picked up in an acqui-hire of the 11-member engineering team behind the startup's LiDAR technology. The deal gives GM a crucial part of the autonomous driving puzzle: an inexpensive way for vehicles to see better in challenging conditions.
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Founded in 2014, Strobe designs single-chip sensors that use laser light to measure distances. The Strobe team will join GM's division headed by . The unit has benefited from its last year, asserting in September that, by deploying GM's capacity for mass production, it can bring autonomous vehicles to market in a matter of months.
VC activity in the space has reached new heights in 2017, with in capital invested, per the PitchBook Platform. That figure is partially driven by a $159 million Series B for , the creator of a data platform for autonomous vehicles, which was led by and .
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