Hesai Technology

Hesai specializes in designing and manufacturing laser sensors for different industries, including LiDARs (3D scanners for self-driving cars and robots), and gas leak remote sensors for natural gas industry.

Hesai was founded in 2013 in Silicon Valley and now is headquartered in Shanghai, with about 370 employees (>30 PhDs) from top universities such as MIT, Stanford and Tsinghua, and industry leading engineers from top tech companies such as Apple, Samsung, BMW, Delphi, Huawei, etc. Hesai currently owns 1 research center and 2 manufacturing centers. Hesai’s LiDARs have served pioneering autonomous driving technology companies worldwide. More than 1/3 of 62 companies who have autonomous-driving road-test permits in California are Hesai’s customers.

Hesai has finished several rounds of financing (>$60m cumulatively), from top-tier strategic and financial investors such as Baidu Apollo, Lighthouse Capital, Pagoda Inv. and Zhenfund.