The agreement brings AI-based monitoring and sensor fusion technology into Indie’s automotive semiconductor lineup.
Indie Semiconductor has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Vienna-based perception software developer Emotion3D GmbH for $20 million in cash, plus up to $10 million in performance-linked earnouts through February 2027, under a deal expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025 subject to regulatory approvals.
Emotion3D’s technology includes AI-based perception solutions for embedded automotive vision and radar sensing. Currently focuses on driver and occupant monitoring systems, with external sensing applications such as night-time forward vision and camera-radar fusion in advanced testing. The company uses a low-compute, multi-task neural network architecture and synthetic data generation to reduce development costs and speed up model training.
According to McKinsey “ the global automotive software market could reach $83 billion by 2030, with ADAS and automated driving software accounting for more than half. Automotive semiconductors are projected at $135 billion. Increasing safety regulations and new car assessment programmes are driving demand for multi-modal sensing technologies, where perception software processes input from cameras, radars, and other sensors to detect hazards and trigger safety actions.
Mark Tyndall, EVP of Corporate Development and IR at Indie Semiconductor, said the acquisition enables the company to provide integrated hardware-software solutions for ADAS, adding value to its vision and radar portfolio.
Emotion3D CEO and co-founder Dr Florian Seitner said combining its software with Indie’s hardware aligns with the Vision Zero safety initiative, aimed at eliminating traffic fatalities and severe injuries. Access to in-house silicon is expected to accelerate the company’s multi-sensor product roadmap.
