Former Apple Engineers Launch ‘Visual Brain’ to Help Robots See

Top members of the team behind Apple Inc.‘s Face ID are launching a startup to develop technology to help robots see better and move more safely in the world around them.

The company, Lyte, emerged from stealth on Monday after raising about $107 million to date from investors including Fidelity Management & Research, Atreides Management, Exor Ventures, Key1 Capital, VentureTech Alliance and a group of private investors led by the Israeli entrepreneur
Avigdor Willenz.

Mountain View, California-based Lyte was founded in 2021 by three former Apple employees — Alexander Shpunt, Arman Hajati, and Yuval Gerson — who played a ...