Aeva Rezk, who previously designed optical hardware for Nikon and worked alongside Salehian at Apple’s Special Projects Group (which is rumored to be deeply involved with its ongoing autonomous car project), laid out in a phone conversation the advantages of Aeva’s single-chip sensor design. Silicon Valley start - up Aeva has raised $ 45 m in a funding round led by Lux Capital and Canaan , investment which will allow the company to continue development of its next - generation sensing technology for autonomous vehicles . Cofounders Soroush Salehian and Mina ##i , formerly of Apple 's Special Interest Group , have developed lidar sensors that can quickly and accurately measure the speed of an object . The duo said their sensor also performs better in bad weather and costs a few thousand dollars , on a par with rival products .
Silicon Valley start - up Aeva has raised $ 45 m in a funding round led by Lux Capital and Canaan , investment which will allow the company to continue development of its next - generation sensing technology for autonomous vehicles . Cofounders Soroush Salehian and Mina ##i , formerly of Apple 's Special Interest Group , have developed lidar sensors that can quickly and accurately measure the speed of an object . The duo said their sensor also performs better in bad weather and costs a few thousand dollars , on a par with rival products .