RealSense Finds New Life, and $50M, in AI-Powered Vision

In 2021, Intel announced it would wind down RealSense, its 3D vision division. Four years later, that division has not only survived but re-emerged as a standalone company, securing $50 million in Series A funding and claiming its technology powers 60% of the world’s autonomous mobile robots and humanoids. Now operating independently under CEO Nadav Orbach, RealSense aims to scale in step with the global rise of robotics and AI-powered physical systems. RealSense builds stereoscopic depth cameras that allow machines (robots, drones, autonomous vehicles) to perceive and interpret the 3D world in real time. The company’s cameras, including its latest D555 model, use stereo vision, structured light, and time-of-flight technology to generate dense, millimeter-accurate depth maps. This d