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LORENZ MEIER

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Founder at Auterion

Newport Beach, California, United States

FoundedAuterion

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Kabir MohammedunlockedLORENZ: together at PX4 (2014–2026)
×7LORENZ: together at Auterion
×4LORENZ: together at University of Konstanz

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Dr. Lorenz Meier is the Founder and CEO of Auterion and Chairman of the Dronecode Foundation. He created the Pixhawk autopilot and founded several open source drone projects, including PX4, MAVLink, and QGroundControl, and has worked in the drone industry since 2008. He earned his PhD in drone software architecture from ETH Zurich in 2017 and was named to MIT Technology Review's Innovators Under 35 that same year.

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Auterion's investors · 7

Armada Investment AGsince 2025Bessemer Venture PartnersRedwood City · $5M – $100M checks · since 2025Costanoa VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $8M checks · since 2025In-Q-TelTysons · $100K – $2.5M checks · since 2025LakestarZurich · $540K checks · since 2025Mosaic VenturesLondon · $1M – $10M checks · since 2025Tectonic VenturesCambridge · since 2025

Experience

  1. AuterionChief Executive Officercurrent2018 — presentArlington, Virginia, United States
  2. PX4Foundercurrent2011 — presentZürich und Umgebung, Schweiz
  3. ETH ZürichPioneer Fellow (PostDoc)2017Zürich und Umgebung, Schweiz
  4. ETH ZürichPhD Student (Computer Vision and Geometry Lab)2011 — 2017Zürich und Umgebung, Schweiz
  5. ETH ZürichResearch Internship2008Zürich und Umgebung, Schweiz

Skills & more

RTOS2LaTeX4C++21Matlab6Python3C2Linux2Eingebettete SystemeSLAM6Mobile Robotics7Robotics17UAV13
+12 moreMobile Phone AppsMiddlewareComputer VisionComputer-VisionRobotikBildverarbeitungProgrammierungSoftware EngineeringComputerwissenschaftSoftwaretechnikForschungAlgorithmen

Languages Deutsch · Englisch · Französisch

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Who is LORENZ MEIER?
Dr. Lorenz Meier is the Founder and CEO of Auterion and Chairman of the Dronecode Foundation. He created the Pixhawk autopilot and founded several open source drone projects, including PX4, MAVLink, and QGroundControl, and has worked in the drone industry since 2008. He earned his PhD in drone software architecture from ETH Zurich in 2017 and was named to MIT Technology Review's Innovators Under 35 that same year.
Where does LORENZ MEIER work?
LORENZ MEIER is Founder of Auterion.
What companies did LORENZ MEIER found?
LORENZ MEIER founded Auterion.
Where did LORENZ MEIER go to school?
LORENZ MEIER studied at ETH Zürich (Doctor of Sciences of ETH Zürich (PhD), Visual Computing); ETH Zürich (Master of Science (MS), MSc ETH Computer Science / Visual Computing); University of Konstanz (Bachelor of Science (BSc), Information Engineering).

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