Ouster, founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, is a developer of high-resolution digital lidar sensors. The company's technology is central to enabling autonomy across a range of applications, including autonomous vehicles, drones, robotics, and industrial automation. Its products also support infrastructure projects in smart cities and traffic management.
The company manufactures a suite of digital lidar sensors under the OS series (OS0, OS1, OS2, OSDome), which offer configurations from ultra-wide to long-range fields of view. This hardware is complemented by software platforms such as Ouster Studio for lidar data processing, Gemini for digital twinning and security applications, and BlueCity for traffic analytics. The technical work involves domains like computer vision, perception systems, and autonomous systems.
With approximately 300 employees, Ouster is publicly traded on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker OUST. Its operations are based in San Francisco, serving global markets in sectors that require advanced 3D sensing and perception capabilities.




