MicroVision

Market context

Publicly listed LiDAR company targeting cost-efficient automotive-grade perception systems, positioning itself within the competitive sensor layer of the autonomy and robotics stack.

Products

• MAVIN N

Facts

• Website: https://www.microvision.com/
• HQ: Redmond, United States
• Founded: 1993
• Ticker: MVIS / NASDAQ
• Segment: Perception

Lidar product families moving beyond automotive

MicroVision sells lidar hardware and perception software through product families such as MAVIN and MOVIA. The robotics relevance sits in the sensing layer: machines that need 3D awareness, obstacle detection and mapping can use these components without MicroVision building the robot itself.

• Target environment: Industrial vehicles, mobile robots, security systems, smart infrastructure, mapping equipment, warehouse automation and other machines that need compact 3D sensing.
• Deployment model: Sensor and software supplier model built around lidar product families, embedded perception and customer integration into larger autonomy stacks.
• Customer context: Industrial automation firms, robot developers, vehicle programs, security integrators, infrastructure vendors and customers adding lidar to existing systems.
• Workflow context: 3D sensing, object detection, mapping, obstacle avoidance, safety monitoring and perception handoff into robot or vehicle software.
• Commercial maturity: Public lidar company seeking broader industrial traction beyond automotive programs.
• Market position: Sensor company competing for industrial design-ins outside passenger vehicles.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on sensor cost, robustness, customer integration, design wins, production readiness and competition from larger lidar suppliers.
• Adjacent context: Lidar, 3D perception, industrial autonomy, mapping, safety sensing and machine-vision hardware.
• Source confidence: high

Events

• 2026-07-01 - Partnership - MicroVision appoints IDI Laser as Southeast Asia perception partner - IDI Laser will represent MicroVision lidar and perception solutions across six Southeast Asian and regional markets. The release names applications including industrial automation, critical infrastructure, security and autonomous systems. MicroVision says the…
• 2026-04-22 - Production Milestone - MicroVision begins revenue-generating lidar shipments for industrial autonomy applications - MicroVision said revenue-generating shipments are underway across industrial autonomy applications. The company identified hauling, mining, and autonomous trucking as active industrial end markets. The release also said mining deployments represent production…
• 2026-02-14 - Product Launch - MicroVision plans sub-$200 solid-state automotive lidar sensor - • MicroVision announced the development of a solid-state automotive lidar sensor with a target production price below $200. • The sensor was designed to provide 180-degree horizontal coverage and detect objects up to approximately 200 meters under favorable c…
• 2023-01-31 - Acquisition - MicroVision completes selected Ibeo asset acquisition - The transaction closed on 31 January 2023. The acquired scope included lidar products, perception software and approximately 250 transferring employees. MicroVision accounted for the transaction as an asset acquisition.

Operations / Deployments

• 2026-04-22 - Production Milestone - MicroVision begins revenue-generating lidar shipments for industrial autonomy applications - MicroVision said revenue-generating shipments are underway across industrial autonomy applications. The company identified hauling, mining, and autonomous trucking as active industrial end markets. The release also said mining deployments represent production…

Team

• Glen DeVos - Chief Executive Officer - Current operating leader for MicroVision's LiDAR and perception business across automotive, industrial and robotics-adjacent sensing markets.
• Drew Markham - General Counsel & Secretary, Senior Vice President People Operations - Markham covers governance, legal, strategy, and people operations for MicroVision as it commercializes lidar and perception systems.
• Fabio Laura - Vice President, Product Engineering & Operations - Laura supports product engineering and operations for MicroVision's lidar hardware and sensing systems.
• Greg Scharenbroch - Vice President of Global Engineering - Scharenbroch leads engineering scale-up for MicroVision's lidar and perception product portfolio.

Supply chain relationships

• Avular - Technology Partner - Avular and MicroVision signed an MOU to integrate lidar and perception software with Avular drone platforms.

Context tags

• LiDAR sensor supplier - Stack Layer - MicroVision supplies LiDAR sensor and perception systems.
• LiDAR perception software - Peer Group - MicroVision provides LiDAR perception software for object detection.
• Automotive perception - Workflow - MicroVision LiDAR supports automotive perception for ADAS and AV.
• Automotive LiDAR supplier - Peer Group - MicroVision supplies automotive LiDAR for ADAS and autonomous driving.
• Point-cloud perception - Capability - MicroVision provides point-cloud perception for 3D detection.
• Multimodal sensor fusion - Capability - MicroVision supports multi-modal sensor fusion.
• Autonomous vehicle perception supply chain - Customer Environment - MicroVision serves the autonomous vehicle perception supply chain.

Customers and deployments

• Shipment Status - revenue-generating lidar shipments underway - 2026-04-22 - industrial autonomy lidar shipments - MicroVision said revenue-generating lidar shipments were underway across industrial autonomy application…