Cyngn Inc.
Autonomous tuggers and forklifts for material handling and logistics automation
- Sector
- Robotics
- Headquarters
- MENLO PARK, CA
- Latest Form D
- $3.5M, Nov 2024
- Total capital
- $23.5M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $23.5M
- 2 Form D · last Nov 2024
- 23 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 25
- 15 pending · first 2021
- Rank in peer group#15 of 164
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$3.5M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$20M
Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.
Standing among 164 peers
Line = medianRobotics · Device
- Granted patents#15 · top 9%
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Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Ben LandenExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Colleen CunninghamDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Donald AlvarezExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- James McDonnellDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Karen MacleodDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Lior TalExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 25 granted of 40- PendingSystem And Method Of Adaptive, Real-time Vehicle System Identification For Autonomous DrivingUSPTOApplication 19454200
- GrantedSystem And Method Of Adaptive, Real-time Vehicle System Identification For Autonomous DrivingUSPTOUS 12,530,029
- GrantedModular Sensor System For Automated Guided VehiclesUSPTOUS 12,332,083
Show all 40 patent records
- System And Method Of Adaptive, Real-time Vehicle System Identification For Autonomous DrivingJun 4, 2026 · Application 19454200Pending
- System And Method Of Adaptive, Real-time Vehicle System Identification For Autonomous DrivingJan 20, 2026 · US 12,530,029Granted
- Modular Sensor System For Automated Guided VehiclesJun 17, 2025 · US 12,332,083Granted
- System And Method Of Off-board-centric Autonomous Driving ComputationMar 11, 2025 · US 12,246,733Granted
- High-definition MappingMar 6, 2025 · Application 18954119Pending
- High-definition MappingDec 31, 2024 · US 12,181,890Granted
- System And Methods Of Adaptive Object-based Decision Making For Autonomous DrivingJul 16, 2024 · US 12,039,867Granted
- Adaptive Motion Compensation Of Perception ChannelsJul 9, 2024 · US 12,032,099Granted
- System And Method Of Large-scale Autonomous Driving ValidationDec 26, 2023 · US 11,851,074Granted
- Modular Extensible Behavioral Decision System For Autonomous DrivingDec 5, 2023 · US 11,837,089Granted
- System And Methods Of Adaptive Traffic Rule-based Decision Making For Autonomous DrivingDec 5, 2023 · US 11,837,090Granted
- System And Method Of Computation Acceleration For Autonomous Driving SystemsSep 26, 2023 · US 11,767,034Granted
- System And Method Of Same-loop Adaptive Simulation For Autonomous DrivingSep 19, 2023 · US 11,760,368Granted
- System And Method Of Large-scale Automatic Grading In Autonomous Driving Using A Domain-specific LanguageSep 5, 2023 · US 11,745,750Granted
- Granularity-flexible Existence-based Object DetectionSep 5, 2023 · US 11,747,454Granted
- System And Methods Of Adaptive Trajectory Prediction For Autonomous DrivingSep 5, 2023 · US 11,745,762Granted
- System And Method Of Adaptive Distribution Of Autonomous Driving ComputationsSep 5, 2023 · US 11,745,747Granted
- Vehicle Sensor SystemsJun 20, 2023 · US 11,679,726Granted
- System And Methods Of Adaptive Relevancy Prediction For Autonomous DrivingJun 13, 2023 · US 11,673,577Granted
- Obstacle Detection SystemsJun 6, 2023 · US 11,668,833Granted
- Multi-channel Object MatchingMay 16, 2023 · US 11,651,583Granted
- Self-adaptive Lidar-camera Synchronization SystemMar 28, 2023 · US 11,614,527Granted
- Flexible Multi-channel Fusion PerceptionFeb 28, 2023 · US 11,592,565Granted
- Three-dimensional Object Detection With Ground Removal IntelligenceJan 17, 2023 · US 11,555,928Granted
- Vehicle LocalizationJun 28, 2022 · US 11,372,115Granted
- Vehicle Sensor SystemsNov 30, 2021 · US 11,186,234Granted
- Obstacle Detection SystemsNov 9, 2021 · US 11,169,271Granted
- Evolutionary Algorithmic State Machine For Autonomous Vehicle PlanningMar 26, 2020 · Application 16577735Pending
- Adaptive Architecture For Cloud Computation In Autonomous DrivingApplication 63237035Pending
- Tele-operation With Autonomy Intelligence On High-performance Cloud Computing For Autonomous DrivingApplication 63237036Pending
- Modular Extensible Behavioral Decision System For Autonomous DrivingApplication 63229850Pending
- System And Methods Of Adaptive Traffic Rule-based Decision Making For Autonomous DrivingApplication 63229852Pending
- System And Methods Of Adaptive Object-based Decision Making For Autonomous DrivingApplication 63229856Pending
- System And Methods Of Adaptive Trajectory Prediction For Autonomous DrivingApplication 63228590Pending
- System And Methods Of Adaptive Relevancy Prediction For Autonomous DrivingApplication 63228589Pending
- High-definition MappingApplication 63225663Pending
- System And Method Of State Estimation For Autonomous DrivingApplication 63225665Pending
- Adaptive Motion Compensation Of Perception ChannelsApplication 63220886Pending
- Flexible Multi-channel Fusion PerceptionApplication 63219729Pending
- Multi-channel Object MatchingApplication 63219731Pending
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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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