Executive Summary
Generated July 30, 2026
Robotics
Ouster
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Chokepoint Score
1 other entity structurally depend on this one
Steady
Momentum
insider filing activity unchanged since last check
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, USA
Website
Employees
400 (2026, approximate)
Founded
2015
Listing
OUST · NYSE
Market Cap
$2.28B
Revenue (TTM)
$185.33M
Price
USD33.91 (-16.64%)
Market data as of Jul 29, 2026, 11:25 AM · Source: Yahoo Finance (delayed). Not investment advice.
Overview
Ouster is a US-based lidar sensor company supplying digital lidar and camera sensors for autonomous vehicles, robotics, industrial, and smart infrastructure applications. Q1 2026 revenue reached $48.58 million, up 49% year-over-year (product revenue up 55%), with over 12,600 lidar and camera sensors shipped and GAAP gross margin improving to 43%. Its new Rev8 line — described as the first native color lidar family — targets automotive-grade, functional-safety use cases across consumer vehicles, robotaxis, and robo-trucks, with management citing early interest from dozens of companies across robotics, industrial, and smart-infrastructure customers.
Strategic Connections
- Autonomous Systems & Robotics: Ouster supplies LiDAR sensors for autonomous vehicles and robotics, with 2026 revenue up 30% year-over-year driven by robotaxi deployment momentum.
- Hesai Group: Ouster competes with Hesai Group in the LiDAR sensor market.
Strategic Risks
- Smaller scale than Hesai in a capital-intensive, competitive LiDAR market
Future Outlook
- Robotaxi deployment growth expected to remain the primary demand driver for LiDAR shipments
Sources
3 sources, 65% average source confidence — full citations in the Full Analyst Report.
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