CAUSTIC GRAPHICS INC
real-time ray-tracing graphics processing technology and intellectual property for semiconductor applications
- Sector
- Semiconductors
- Headquarters
- SAN FRANCISCO, CA
- Founded
- 2007
- Latest Form D
- $2.7M, Apr 2010
- Total capital
- $3.1M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $3.1M
- 2 Form D · last Apr 2010
- 198 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 5
- 10 pending · first 2014
- Rank in peer group#10 of 27
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$2.7M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$394K
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Standing among 27 peers
Line = medianSemiconductors · Software
- Granted patents#10 · top 37%
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Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Charles StearnsExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Chip StearnsExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- James A. McCombeDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Kevin C. McDonoughDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Peter L. HopperDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Robert L. DanielsDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 7 people
- William C. LeethamExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 5 granted of 15- GrantedProfiling Ray Tracing RenderersUSPTOUS 9,235,921
- GrantedDynamic Graphics Rendering SchedulingUSPTOUS 9,030,476
- GrantedMemory Efficient Progressive Refinement In Ray TracingUSPTOUS 8,970,591
Show all 15 patent records
- Profiling Ray Tracing RenderersJan 12, 2016 · US 9,235,921Granted
- Dynamic Graphics Rendering SchedulingMay 12, 2015 · US 9,030,476Granted
- Memory Efficient Progressive Refinement In Ray TracingMar 3, 2015 · US 8,970,591Granted
- Compacting Results Vectors Between Stages Of Graphics ProcessingDec 2, 2014 · US 8,902,230Granted
- Graphics Processor with Non-Blocking Concurrent ArchitectureApr 8, 2014 · US 8,692,834Granted
- Ray Tracing System Architectures And MethodsApplication PCTUS2009056395Pending
- Ray Tracing Using Ray-specific ClippingApplication PCTUS2009056369Pending
- Architectures For Parallelized Intersection Testing And Shading For Ray-tracing RenderingApplication PCTUS2009037860Pending
- Systems And Methods For Rendering With Ray TracingApplication PCTUS2008083044Pending
- Method, Apparatus, And Computer Readable Medium For Light Energy Accounting In Ray TracingApplication PCTUS2008079107Pending
- Method And Apparatus For Increasing Efficiency Of Transmission And/or Storage Of Rays For Parallelized Ray Intersection TestingApplication PCTUS2008079110Pending
- Systems And Methods For 3-D Scene Acceleration Structure Creation And UpdattingApplication PCTUS2012049667Pending
- Graphics Processor With Non-blocking Concurrent ArchitectureApplication PCTUS2012042591Pending
- Systems And Methods For Primitive Intersection In Ray TracingApplication PCTUS2011034298Pending
- Systems And Methods For A Ray Tracing Shader ApiApplication PCTUS2009057730Pending
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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