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NetworkNewsBreaks – Cepton Inc. (NASDAQ: CPTN) Releases Results of Q2 2024 Financial, Business Operations

Cepton (NASDAQ: CPTN), a Silicon Valley innovator and leader in high-performance lidar solutions, is reporting its business and financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2024. Highlights of the report included the signing of an agreement and plan of merger for the acquisition by Koito Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (“Koito”), the completion of key milestones in an engineering services contract with Koito, continued final sourcing discussions with a top 10 global automotive OEM and continued RFQ first-round discussions with a top 3 global automotive OEM. The report also noted the execution of Ultra long-range lidar B-sample demonstrations and RFI/RFQ discussions with global OEMs and the launch of the Cepton simulator StudioViz to accelerate OEM lidar adoption. Second-quarter revenue reached $10.4 million, compared to $2.8 million for Q2 2023 and $1.9 million in the previous sequential quarter.

“We are in the final stage of RFQ with a top 10 global automotive OEM for our long-range lidar, and we anticipate final decision in the second half of this year,” said Cepton cofounder and CEO Jun Pei in the press release. “We are excited about the next stage of Cepton’s growth to better support our automotive OEM customers in the commercialization of our lidar technology.”

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