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Metawave Corporation

Metawave Corporation

Metawave is a Carlsbad, California-based developer of metamaterials for wireless communications, including materials for autonomous driving radar systems.

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Industry
Technology
Technology
Automotive industry
Automotive industry
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Mobility Technology
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Metamaterial
Metamaterial
Location
Carlsbad, California
Carlsbad, California
B2X
B2B
B2B
CEO
Maha Achour
Maha Achour
Founder
Bernard Casse
Bernard Casse
Maha Achour
Maha Achour
Sandy Godsey
Sandy Godsey
Pitchbook URL
pitchbook.com/profiles...184847-14
Legal Name
Metawave Corporation
Accelerator
Plug and Play
Plug and Play
Accelerator Batch
Plug and Play Mobility Batch 4
Plug and Play Mobility Batch 4
Spun Out From
PARC, a Xerox Company
PARC, a Xerox Company
Number of Employees (Ranges)
11 – 50
Email Address
info@metawave.co
info@metawave.co?subject=Pleasesendmeinformationonyourproducts
Full Address
5993 Avenida Encinas Ste 101 Carlsbad​, CA, 92008-4459 United States
Investors
Mirae Asset Venture Investment
Mirae Asset Venture Investment
NTT DOCOMO Ventures
NTT DOCOMO Ventures
Bold Capital Partners
Bold Capital Partners
Khosla Ventures
Khosla Ventures
Motus Ventures
Motus Ventures
Denso
Denso
Thyra Global Management
Thyra Global Management
Western Technology Investment
Western Technology Investment
...
DUNS Number
057453634
Founded Date
2017
0
Total Funding Amount (USD)
17,000,000
Latest Funding Round Date
November 5, 2019
Competitors
Arbe Robotics
Arbe Robotics
Reutech Radar Systems
Reutech Radar Systems
Climate Connect
Climate Connect
Adant Technologies
Adant Technologies
Applied Radar, Inc.
Applied Radar, Inc.
uhnder
uhnder
Sofant Technologies
Sofant Technologies
Pivotal Commware
Pivotal Commware
...
Business Model
Commerce
CTO
Maha Achour
Maha Achour
Also Known As
Metawave
Latest Funding Type
Series A
Series A
NAICS Code
33,334
Patents Assigned (Count)
7

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Company Operating Status
Active
Overview

Metawave is a developer of advanced automotive and aerial imaging radar technology for increased range and point-cloud resolution in all weather conditions. The technology is based on analog front-end beamforming and steering with virtual MIMO array architectures. The company also creates the technologies in building-block architectures capable of meeting different price and size factors.

The company was founded in 2017 by Bernard Casse, Maha Achour, and Sandy Godsey, and is located in Carlsbad, California.

Technology
SPEKTRA
Example of the area SPEKTRA can detect, and the automated beamsteering can follow where the car is headed.

Example of the area SPEKTRA can detect, and the automated beamsteering can follow where the car is headed.

SPEKTRA is Metawave's platform for automotive and aerial imaging radar sensing. The core technology involves the combination of analog front-end beamforming and steering Antenna in Package (AiP) modules, with hybrid MIMO architectures, and a simplified digital signal processing on the backend for 5-dimensional radar capabilities, including range, velocity, angular accuracy, or resolution in the horizontal and vertical directions. The radar has also been tested for use in various weather and lighting conditions for results consistent with clear and even weather and lighting conditions.

This offers a long-range and high-resolution 77GHz radar with imaging capabilities when used in combination with Metawave's AWARE AI engine. The beamforming allows a combination of pencil and fan beams covering a wide field of view with low sidelobes to reduce interference and increase overall object recognition and accuracy. The range offered by Metawave's SPEKTRA is up to 300 meters, which can further aid the earlier detection of possible obstacles in a vehicles way.

KLONE and TURBO
KLONE

Metawave's KLONE are passive reflectors for the deployment of mm-wave 5G networks capable of bending and directing signals in areas of lower coverage. This can be used to relay signals between indoor radios and nodes or between indoor radios and backhaul. They require zero power and do not introduce signal delay, which Metawave suggests is ideal for factory automation. KLONE also offers the lowest CAPEX cost for increased coverage.

TURBO

Metawave's TURBO are active repeaters for 5G networks capable of boosting the signal to extend coverage in challenging areas. These systems are also steerable, and use analog technology to boost a signal without digitization. The TURBO is capable of boosting a signal coverage up to around 200 meters, and are capable of being installed on light posts and buildings, either indoor or outdoor. Metawave suggests the use case for the TURBO is to extend any 5G wireless deployment in high traffic areas such as cities, arenas, shopping malls, office spaces, and in underutilized areas, such as under bridges, distant corners, and through glass and walls.

AWARE

AWARE is Metawave's machine learning and artificial intelligence engine for object classification used with SPEKTRA for autonomous vehicles. The AWARE engine uses deep learning methods to extract meaningful information from the signal resulting from the SPEKTRA radar system. When used in combination, Metawave suggests AWARE and SPEKTRA are capable of object detection, classification, and tracking in real time and resolution by training to surpass previous levels of precision. As well, AWARE uses an Adaptive Attention Network (AAN) to take advantage of the beamsteering offered by SPEKTRA, telling the radar where to look next. And it uses a microdoppler signature extraction for better pedestrian detection.

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