Cepton (NASDAQ: CPTN), a Silicon Valley innovator and leader in high-performance lidar solutions for automotive and smart infrastructure applications, has entered a contract with Koito Manufacturing to jump-start the execution of a new original equipment manufacturing (“OEM”) program, which the two companies have secured. The two companies have worked together as tier 1 partners, and Koito is a shareholder of Cepton. The engineering services agreement calls for Koito to provide Cepton with a total of $10 million in engineering services for the quarter ended June 30, 2024. The announcement noted that the agreement will support Cepton’s customer-specific product-development and program execution efforts for its near-range lidar; the companies plan to deploy lidar in the OEM program. “This engagement with Koito comes at a crucial juncture as Cepton prepares to fulfill our new OEM program,” said Cepton CEO and cofounder Dr. Jun Pei in the press release. “We are thrilled to deepen our partnership with Koito to advance scalable lidar adoption for safety-critical automotive use cases. This exemplifies Cepton and Koito’s shared vision of paving the way to safely deployed autonomy.”

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About Cepton Inc.

Cepton is a Silicon Valley innovator of lidar-based solutions for automotive (“ADAS/AV”), smart cities, smart spaces and smart industrial applications. With its patented lidar technology, Cepton aims to take lidar mainstream and achieve a balanced approach to performance, cost and reliability, while enabling scalable and intelligent 3D-perception solutions across industries. Founded in 2016 and led by industry veterans with decades of collective experience across a wide range of advanced lidar and imaging technologies, Cepton is focused on the mass-market commercialization of high-performance, high-quality lidar solutions. Cepton is headquartered in San Jose, California, and has a center of excellence facility in Troy, Michigan, to provide local support to automotive customers in the metro Detroit area. Cepton also has a presence in Germany to serve a fast-growing global customer base. For more information about this company, please visit www.Cepton.com.

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