VIDAS
Visual-perception software for depth estimation, scene classification and positioning.
Maturity not rated
Startup · United States
Compound Eye
HQ Palo AltoFounded 201511-50 employees
Our imaging solutions empower autonomous machines with human-like perception, serving defense, heavy equipment, and automotive industries. Compound Eye's AI-enhanced computer vision offers precise depth measurements, scene understanding, and position tracking.
Federal Prime Contracts$16.5M obligated · FY2023–FY2026
- Obligated
- $16.5M
- FY2023–FY2026
- Contract actions
- 16
- 6 awards
- Peak year
- FY2025
- $8.3M
- Top buyer
- U.S. Army
- 72% of obligations
’23’24’25’26
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| Fiscal year | Obligated | Actions | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (to date) | $2.0M | 4 | 1 |
| FY2025 | $8.3M | 3 | 2 |
| FY2024 | $2.3M | 6 | 4 |
| FY2023 | $3.9M | 3 | 3 |
Top buyers
- U.S. Army$11.9M 72%
- U.S. Air Force$4.4M 27%
- U.S. Special Operations Command$151K 0.9%
What they sell (PSC)
- National Defense R&D Services; Department of Defense - Military; Applied Research$12.1M 73%
- National Defense R&D Services; Defense-Related Activities; Applied Research$4.4M 27%
Industry (NAICS)
- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (Except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)$16.5M 100%
Where the work is done
- California$16.5M 100%
Contract pricing
- Firm Fixed Price$16.5M 100%
Competition
- Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources$16.5M 100%
Largest awards6
- Small Business Innovation Research Phase II, Compound Eye Catalyst Enhancement Topic Supporting the Visual Inertial Distributed Aperture System (Vidas) Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (Slam): Undetectable, Gps-denied Mapping and Positioning.U.S. Army · USAspending ↗$9.2MJun 25, 2024
- Passive 3 Dimension Sensor for Autonomous Aerial NavigationU.S. Air Force · USAspending ↗$3.2MMar 28, 2024
- 873AUTHORITY Direct to Sbir Phase II Award Resultant From Sbir DOD 22.4 Baa Topic #A224-009U.S. Army · USAspending ↗$1.7MDec 15, 2022
- Dense Monocular 3D Sensing for Autonomous Aerial SystemsU.S. Air Force · USAspending ↗$1.2MDec 26, 2022
- Small Business Innovation Research (Sbir) Phase II, Catalyst Program 1ST Task Order.U.S. Army · USAspending ↗$998KSep 11, 2023
- Feasibility Study, Sbir Phase I, Topic SOCOM234-P002, Fosov Phase I Open TopicU.S. Special Operations Command · USAspending ↗$151KJan 11, 2024
Signed obligations on federal prime contracts (award types A–D) from USAspending, FY2008 through Oct 9, 2026. Obligations are money the government committed, not company revenue, and include de-obligations. Subcontracts and grants are excluded. Matching is by registered UEI.
Funding3 rounds · ~$19.6M
- Equity raised
- ~$19.6M
- Latest
- $12.8MSeries B · May 15, 2025
Dec 26, 2018May 15, 2025
| Announced | Stage | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors | Other investors | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2025 | Series B | $12.8M | — | Khosla Ventures | K9 Ventures | Reported |
| Dec 26, 2018 | Series A | ~$6.9M | — | Khosla Ventures | — | Speculative |
| Apr 17, 2017 | Pre-Seed | Undisclosed | — | K9 Ventures | — | Speculative |
- $12.8MMay 15, 2025
- ~$6.9MDec 26, 2018
- UndisclosedApr 17, 2017
Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.
Systems2
VIDAS DevKit
A camera and computing development kit for VIDAS visual-perception software.
Maturity not rated
Newest unveiled first. Open a system for its milestone timeline, components and sources.
People1
- Jason Devitt · LinkedIn ↗
Co-Founder and CEO
Hiring Observations3 observed listings
HQ - Redwood City · FullTime · Engineering
Open when checked · Ashby public employer job board
Checked Oct 13, 2026
Robotics Integration Engineer ↗
HQ - Redwood City; Petaluma, CA · FullTime · Engineering
Open when checked · Ashby public employer job board
Checked Oct 13, 2026
Senior Machine Learning Researcher (Remote - US) ↗
United States - Remote · FullTime · Other
Open when checked · Ashby public employer job board
Checked Oct 13, 2026
A sample of observed listings, not a total vacancy count. Availability may have changed since collection. Categories are inferred from job titles.
Sources10
Profile3
- 1
Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · country, Organization · kind
“{"country": "USA", "hq_iso2": "US", "id": "0195736b-210b-4bfe-a169-6c411f798bd8"}”
- 2
Compound Eye · Supports Organization · description, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · name, Organization · website
“Our imaging solutions empower autonomous machines with human-like perception, serving defense, heavy equipment, and automotive industries. Compound Eye's AI-enhanced computer vision offers precise depth measurements, scene understanding, and position tracking.”
- 3
LinkedIn · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · hq city
“employee_range: 11-50 (profile: 11-50 employees)”
Systems1
- 4
Compound Eye · Supports System
“The VIDAS DevKit includes two cameras, two FAKRA cables, an optional GPS antenna, and a compute module, plus browser-based tools for data collection, inspection, and analysis, and an SDK for building applications on top of VIDAS.”
Funding5
- 5NewsArmy SBIR Partnership with Compound Eye Fuels GPS-Free Navigation and Autonomous Driving Innovation
U.S. Army PIT · Supports Funding round · amount, Organization · ownership
“including a $12.8 million Series B in 2025”
- 6
PitchBook · Supports Funding round, Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · x url
“Series A - Compound Eye”
- 7
Wellfound · Supports Funding round
“$12765513”
- 8DatabaseCompound Eye - CB Insights
CB Insights · Supports Funding round
“Compound Eye's latest funding round was a Series B for $12.77M on May 15, 2025.”
- 9
Crunchbase · Supports Funding round, Organization · employee range, Organization · hq city, Organization · x url, Role
“Series A - Compound Eye”
Other1
- 10
Government identifiers1
- UEI
- M3LXEJTJUJV5
- COMPOUND EYE INC.
- Checked Oct 14, 2026
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