Innoviz Technologies Expands Partnership with Dataspeed Inc. to Integrate InnovizSMART LiDAR to Drive-by-Wire Platforms
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Innoviz (NASDAQ: INVZ) and Dataspeed announced a strategic collaboration on March 3, 2026 to integrate InnovizSMART LiDAR sensors into Dataspeed's Drive-by-Wire vehicle platforms across North America. The partnership targets defense, agriculture, mining, automotive and off-highway research applications and emphasizes blockage-resilient, high-resolution 3D sensing for harsh environments.
The integration offers direct compatibility with Dataspeed control architecture and aims to maintain object detection and classification performance despite mud, water, and debris on sensor windows, supporting more reliable autonomous testing and deployments.
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- Integration across North America into Dataspeed Drive-by-Wire platforms
- Blockage-resilient sensing preserves detection in harsh field conditions
- Targeted sectors: defense, agriculture, mining, automotive, off-highway
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- No financial terms or revenue impacts disclosed
- Commercial scale and deployment timeline unspecified
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With an outstanding resolution, blockage resilience, range and reliability, Dataspeed is expected to integrate InnovizSMART LiDARs in autonomy projects across
Dataspeed's Drive-by-Wire platforms can be integrated into autonomous offroad vehicles designed for deployment across deserts, forests, open pit mines, farmland, and mountains. These environments may expose the vehicles' sensors to mud, dirt, condensation, and airborne debris which can degrade the performance of today's LiDAR sensors that aren't designed for such conditions, leading to compromised data that can cripple a perception system during critical moments.
InnovizSMART is uniquely engineered to address challenges like these by enabling native resilience to optical blockages allowing for continuous high-resolution, long-range, reliable 3D data to be delivered into perception systems. This maintains object detection and classification capabilities even with water droplets, mud, or other debris present on the LiDAR's window, dramatically reducing the risk of perception disruptions from obstructions that typically cause both cameras and other LiDARs to perform poorly.
"Our partnership with Dataspeed reflects our ongoing commitment to provide robust LiDAR sensors designed for the real world, not controlled environments," said Mrinal Sood, VP North America at Innoviz. "Together, we are equipping researchers and innovators with reliable sensor data that improves dependability of autonomous vehicle systems across a multitude of terrains."
The collaboration is set to deliver integration of InnovizSMART into Dataspeed's Drive-by-Wire systems allowing customers to benefit from:
- Blockage-resilience: LiDAR performance remains reliable even in scenarios where mud, dirt, or debris build up on the sensor window.
- Direct integration with Dataspeed's control architecture
- Purpose-built autonomous research and development vehicles for agriculture, off-highway, defense, and university applications
"For our customers operating in challenging terrains and demanding landscapes, sensor reliability is not a luxury, it's a mission-critical KPI," said Paul Fleck, CEO of Dataspeed. "Integrating InnovizSMART into our Drive-by-Wire systems allows our customers to deploy a sensor capable of high performance despite obstruction. Enabling use cases across research, defense, and agricultural to test and deploy autonomy with greater confidence and fewer operational interruptions."
About Innoviz
Innoviz is a leading provider of 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 sensors provide industry-leading range, resolution, and reliability, delivering accurate 3D sensing in harsh weather conditions. Operating across the
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Dataspeed is the leader in autonomous vehicle development, providing autonomy-ready vehicle platforms and Drive-by-Wire systems for on-road and off-road applications across defense, automotive, industrial, and academic research. Trusted in demanding environments, Dataspeed helps teams move faster, reduce integration risk, and bring autonomy to life while helping define the standard for scalable autonomy.
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