Innoviz Technologies Partners with Vueron to Accelerate AI Development for Automotive and Smart Infrastructure Applications

Rhea-AI Summary

Innoviz (Nasdaq: INVZ) signed a memorandum of understanding with Vueron to integrate InnovizTwo and InnovizSMART LiDAR data into Vueron's cloud-based VueX AI development platform.

The integration enables automated LiDAR point-cloud annotation, training, validation, storage, visualization, and deployment, letting users upload Innoviz data for AI-assisted bounding-box labeling and fine-tuning. The joint solution was demonstrated live at CES 2026 and builds on prior use of InnovizOne with Vueron's autonomous driving platform.

News Market Reaction

-5.08%

13 alerts

-5.08% News Effect

-10.9% Trough in 5 hr 23 min

-$13M Valuation Impact

$246M Market Cap

0.3x Rel. Volume

On the day this news was published, INVZ declined 5.08%, reflecting a notable negative market reaction. Argus tracked a trough of -10.9% from its starting point during tracking. Our momentum scanner triggered 13 alerts that day, indicating notable trading interest and price volatility. This price movement removed approximately $13M from the company's valuation, bringing the market cap to $246M at that time.

Data tracked by StockTitan Argus on the day of publication.

Key Figures

CES 2026 dates: January 6–9, 2026 CES booth number: Booth #3569

2 metrics

CES 2026 dates January 6–9, 2026 Live joint Innoviz–Vueron demonstration at Vueron’s booth

CES booth number Booth #3569 Vueron’s booth location for joint solution demo

Market Reality Check

Price: $1.09 Vol: Volume 17,695,532 is 2.87...

high vol

$1.09 Last Close

Volume Volume 17,695,532 is 2.87x the 20-day average of 6,160,317, signaling elevated trading interest. high

Technical Price at 1.18 is trading below the 200-day MA of 1.36 and 62.42% below the 52-week high of 3.14.

Peers on Argus

INVZ showed elevated volume and weakness while key Auto Parts peers were mixed, ...

INVZ showed elevated volume and weakness while key Auto Parts peers were mixed, with names like SES and SLDP down and MLR, MPAA up, pointing to stock-specific factors.

Historical Context

5 past events · Latest: Jan 06 (Positive)

Pattern 5 events

Date	Event	Sentiment	Move	Catalyst
Jan 06	Product launch	Positive	-4.1%	Launch of InnovizSMARTer LiDAR plus edge compute solution for smart infrastructure.
Jan 06	Product launch	Positive	-4.1%	Announcement of InnovizThree colored 3D LiDAR and camera fusion sensor module.
Dec 23	Product launch	Positive	-7.8%	Launch of slimmer, lower-power InnovizThree LiDAR with longer range and cost reduction.
Dec 17	Conference showcase	Positive	-5.0%	CES 2026 participation announcement highlighting InnovizThree, InnovizTwo, and InnovizSMART demos.
Dec 02	OEM partnership	Positive	+2.5%	Selection by Daimler Truck and Torc Robotics as short-range LiDAR supplier for Level 4 trucks.

Pattern Detected

Recent product and event-focused announcements with positive tone often coincided with negative price reactions, while a major OEM partnership saw a modest positive move.

Recent Company History

Over the last months, Innoviz released multiple LiDAR product and CES-focused updates, including InnovizThree launches and InnovizSMARTer, plus a key Daimler Truck and Torc Robotics selection on Dec 2, 2025. Most CES and product news on Dec 17, Dec 23, and Jan 6, 2026 saw negative moves between -4.07% and -7.83%, while the Daimler partnership produced a +2.48% reaction, suggesting stronger reception for concrete commercialization wins.

Market Pulse Summary

The stock moved -5.1% in the session following this news. A negative reaction despite partnership ne...

Analysis

The stock moved -5.1% in the session following this news. A negative reaction despite partnership news fits a pattern where prior product and CES-related announcements around Dec 17, Dec 23, and Jan 6, 2026 coincided with declines between -4.07% and -7.83%. The market has previously rewarded more concrete commercialization, such as the Daimler Truck collaboration at +2.48%, over ecosystem or platform expansions. Traders could have focused on execution risk and the company’s position well below its 200-day MA when reassessing the story.

Key Terms

lidar, ai development platform, point cloud, bounding boxes, +3 more

7 terms

lidar technical

"a leading Tier-1 direct supplier of high-performance, automotive-grade LiDAR sensor platforms"

Lidar, which stands for Light Detection and Ranging, is a technology that uses laser beams to create detailed, three-dimensional maps of the environment. It works like a sophisticated eye that measures distances by bouncing light off objects, helping machines see and understand their surroundings. For investors, lidar is important because it enables advancements in autonomous vehicles, robotics, and mapping, which can drive innovation and growth in related industries.

ai development platform technical

"InnovizTwo LiDAR data to be integrated into Vueron's VueX AI development platform"

An AI development platform is a software toolkit and managed infrastructure that helps engineers and businesses build, test and deploy artificial intelligence applications—think of it as a workshop plus assembly line for AI. It matters to investors because the platform’s capabilities, ease of use, and scale determine how quickly customers can create valuable products, which affects recurring revenue, market share and competitive positioning in a fast-moving industry.

point cloud technical

"automatically annotate LiDAR point cloud with bounding boxes and object classifications"

A point cloud is a digital collection of many individual dots in three-dimensional space that together represent the shape and surface of a physical object, area, or scene, typically captured by sensors such as LIDAR or 3D cameras. Investors care because point clouds are the raw material for mapping, inspection, simulation and autonomous navigation; their quality and volume determine how well a company can build products, cut manual work, reduce risk, and monetize location or asset data.

bounding boxes technical

"annotate LiDAR point cloud with bounding boxes and object classifications"

Bounding boxes are rectangular markers placed around a specific object or area in an image or video to show where that thing is located, like drawing a box around a person in a photo. Investors care because bounding boxes are the basic output of many computer-vision and AI systems used in product testing, medical imaging, manufacturing inspection, and autonomous vehicles — their accuracy and consistency affect product performance, regulatory approval, liability, and market adoption.

autonomous driving technical

"Innoviz's first-generation automotive-grade LiDAR, InnovizOne, was successfully used for Vueron's autonomous driving platform"

Autonomous driving is technology that allows a vehicle to navigate and control itself without a human constantly steering, braking or accelerating, acting like a robotic chauffeur that perceives the road, makes decisions and responds to traffic and obstacles. Investors care because it can change who makes money and how much—by cutting labor and operating costs, creating new software and data businesses, and shifting regulatory and liability risks that affect future revenue, adoption speed and company valuations.

cloud-based environment technical

"signed an MOU to jointly establish a cloud-based environment for InnovizTwo LiDAR data"

A cloud-based environment is a setup where a company's computing, storage and applications run on remote servers accessed over the internet instead of on local computers or in-house data centers. For investors it matters because it typically reduces upfront hardware costs, allows a business to scale capacity quickly like renting modular office space, speeds product launches and centralizes operations — all of which influence growth potential, margins and operational risk.

smart infrastructure technical

"for automotive manufacturers and smart infrastructure operators to accelerate their perception development"

Smart infrastructure is physical systems—roads, bridges, power grids, water networks and buildings—upgraded with sensors, controls and software so they can monitor conditions, communicate status and adjust automatically. For investors it matters because these upgrades can lower operating costs, extend asset life, reduce downtime and create new revenue streams, similar to turning a passive appliance into a connected device that reports problems and optimizes performance in real time.

AI-generated analysis. Not financial advice.

• Innoviz and Vueron signed an MOU to jointly establish a cloud-based environment for InnovizTwo LiDAR data to be integrated into Vueron's VueX AI development platform
• Integration between Innoviz's LiDAR data and Vueron's VueX's platform enables automated LiDAR data annotation and training
• Joint solution is demonstrated live at CES 2026

TEL AVIV, Israel, Jan. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Innoviz Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: INVZ) (the "Company" or "Innoviz"), a leading Tier-1 direct supplier of high-performance, automotive-grade LiDAR sensor platforms and complementary software stacks, announced today a partnership with Vueron Technology Co. Ltd., a leader in AI-powered LiDAR perception solutions. Through this collaboration, Innoviz LiDAR data from InnovizTwo and InnovizSMART is now integrated into Vueron's VueX AI development platform, enabling automotive manufacturers and smart infrastructure operators to accelerate their perception development through automated data annotation, training, and validation.

 

 

The integration can help accelerate LiDAR-based perception by streamlining the process of annotating and labeling sensor data for AI model development. Vueron's VueX platform leverages advanced AI to automatically annotate LiDAR point cloud with bounding boxes and object classifications, significantly reducing the manual effort required while maintaining the precision needed for safety-critical applications. Users can upload Innoviz LiDAR data directly to the cloud-based VueX platform, where automated annotation tools process the data and allow for fine-tuning to achieve optimal accuracy.

Building on a previous relationship between the companies, when Innoviz's first-generation automotive-grade LiDAR, InnovizOne, was successfully used for Vueron's autonomous driving platform, such that the platform's users are now able to use Innoviz's high performance InnovizTwo LiDAR for automotive applications and InnovizSMART for smart infrastructure deployments for the VueX platform to provide an end-to-end AI cloud-based environment for data storage, visualization, processing, labeling, training, validation, and deployment.

"Our collaboration with Vueron represents an important step in making advanced LiDAR technology more accessible and easier to deploy," said Omer Keilaf, CEO and Co-Founder of Innoviz. "By integrating our automotive-grade sensors with Vueron's powerful AI development tools, we're enabling our customers to accelerate their development timelines and potentially reduce the complexity of bringing perception systems to market."

"Integrating Innoviz's high-performance LiDAR data into our VueX platform allows us to offer customers a comprehensive ai-based solution across automotive and infrastructure applications," said Noah Jang, SVP of Global Business at Vueron. "The combination of Innoviz's proven sensor technology with our automated annotation and training capabilities creates a powerful toolset that addresses real pain points in perception development."

Live Joint Demonstration at Vueron's Booth at CES 2026

The joint solution will be demonstrated live at Vueron's booth (LVCC, West Hall #3569) at CES 2026 in Las Vegas, January 6-9, where attendees can experience the integrated platform and explore use cases across automotive and smart infrastructure applications.

For more information about Innoviz's LiDAR solutions, visit innoviz.tech or email sales@innoviz-tech.com.

About Innoviz

Innoviz is a global leader in LiDAR technology, serving as a Tier-1 supplier to the world's leading automotive manufacturers and working towards a future with safe autonomous vehicles on the world's roads. Innoviz's LiDAR and perception software "see" better than a human driver and reduce the possibility of error, meeting the automotive industry's strictest expectations for performance and safety. Operating across the U.S., Europe, and Asia, Innoviz has been selected by internationally recognized premium car brands for use in consumer vehicles as well as by other commercial and industrial leaders for a wide range of use cases. For more information, visit innoviz.tech.com.

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About Vueron

Vueron is a company building perception and data infrastructure for real world autonomy. Drawing on deep experience in autonomous driving, robotics, and AI, Vueron helps teams by calibration to perception and deployment. By transforming raw LiDAR data into reliable, production-ready AI-based output, Vueron enables OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, and infrastructure operators to move faster, reduce engineering overhead, and focus on solving real world mobility challenges. Vueron works with partners and customers across Asia, Europe, and the United States.

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Forward Looking Statements 

This announcement contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including statements regarding the services offered by Innoviz, the anticipated technological capability of Innoviz's products, the markets in which Innoviz operates and Innoviz's projected future operational and financial results. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words "believe," "project," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "intend," "strategy," "future," "opportunity," "plan," "may," "should," "will," "would," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties. 

Many factors could cause actual future events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this announcement including but not limited to, the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, the ability to convert design wins into definitive orders and the magnitude of such orders, the ability to identify and realize additional opportunities, potential changes and developments in the highly competitive LiDAR technology and related industries, and our expectations regarding the impact of the evolving conflict in Israel to our ongoing operations. The foregoing list is not exhaustive. You should carefully consider such risk and the other risks and uncertainties described in Innoviz's annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on March 12, 2025 and in other documents filed by Innoviz from time to time with the SEC. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and Innoviz assumes no obligation and does not intend to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Innoviz gives no assurance that it will achieve its expectations.

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FAQ

What did Innoviz announce about partnering with Vueron on January 7, 2026 (INVZ)?

Innoviz announced an MOU to integrate InnovizTwo and InnovizSMART LiDAR data into Vueron's cloud-based VueX platform for automated annotation, training, and validation.

How does the Innoviz–Vueron integration speed up LiDAR perception development for INVZ customers?

The integration provides automated point-cloud annotation and AI training tools on VueX, reducing manual labeling effort and enabling faster model development and fine-tuning.

Which Innoviz products are supported on Vueron's VueX platform in the partnership (INVZ)?

The partnership supports InnovizTwo for automotive applications and InnovizSMART for smart infrastructure deployments.

Was the Innoviz and Vueron joint solution shown publicly, and where can investors see it (INVZ)?

Yes — the joint solution was demonstrated live at Vueron's booth at CES 2026 (LVCC, West Hall #3569, January 6–9, 2026).

How can developers upload Innoviz LiDAR data to Vueron's VueX platform under the INVZ partnership?

Users can upload Innoviz LiDAR data directly to the cloud-based VueX platform where automated annotation tools process and allow fine-tuning for optimal accuracy.