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Hesai

Transportation · Palo Alto, United States · Founded 2014 · IPO 2023

Designer and manufacturer of laser sensors for robots and self-driving cars MoreLess

Hesai Technology is a global leader in the development and manufacturing of lidar sensors. The company's products are utilized in a variety of applications, including passenger and commercial vehicles with advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), autonomous driving vehicles, and robotic applications such as last-mile delivery robots and automated guided vehicles (AGVs).

Hesai serves a global market, with customers in over 40 countries. The company has established strong partnerships with leading automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), autonomous vehicle companies, and robotics companies. Hesai's business model is focused on the design, development, and in-house manufacturing of its lidar solutions. This vertical integration allows for rapid product iteration and ensures high standards of performance and quality.

The company generates revenue through the sale of its lidar sensors and related software and services. Hesai's strong research and development capabilities in optics, mechanics, and electronics are a key differentiator, enabling the company to produce commercially validated and high-performance solutions.

Keywords: lidar sensors, autonomous driving, ADAS, robotics, automotive technology, sensor solutions, machine vision, autonomous mobility, smart infrastructure, 3D sensing

Valuation $1–2.5B
Revenue $500M–1B
EBITDA $82M
Headcount 100–500
Total funding $500M–1B

Talent graph

Hesai's talent

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Team profiled 11 named & role-tagged
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Key operators 5 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
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Investors

15 investors on Hesai's cap table

Sourced from Dealroom's funding history. Investor profile links are shown where available.

Series A 3 investors entered at this stage
Pagoda Investment
LH Capital Mangement (Shanghai)
ZhenFund
Series B+ 12 investors entered at this stage
Qiming Venture Partners
onsemi
Bosch
Luminous Ventures
Xiaomi
Huatai Securities
GL Ventures
Hillhouse Capital
CITIC PE
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Baidu
Meituan

Global footprint

Where Hesai has talent and traffic

Workforce by country
5 countries with
team presence
🇨🇳 China80.2%
🇺🇸 United States11%
🇩🇪 Germany5.9%
🇭🇰 Hong Kong1.5%
🇯🇵 Japan1.5%
5 countries shown
Web traffic by country
56K monthly visits
across markets
🇨🇳 China18.4%
🇺🇸 United States17.3%
🇦🇺 Australia5.9%
🇯🇵 Japan5.5%
🇭🇰 Hong Kong4.8%
Top 5 markets shown

Patent intelligence

$59M patent portfolio · 990 active families

Estimated portfolio value
$59M
3.0% of market cap · 67.1× smaller than top peer Zoox ($4B)
990 active patent families
Where Hesai innovates Electrical and Electronics engineeringErbium lasersLaser Powder Bed FusionLidarLight beam

Where Hesai concentrates vs peers

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Market sentiment

What the market is saying about Hesai

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Hesai on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.

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