# Cédric Hutchings

> Cédric Hutchings is a French serial entrepreneur and engineer who has spent two decades turning sensors into systems that change how the physical world gets understood. He co-founded Withings in 2008, building one of the first connected health companies from scratch to a €170M Nokia acquisition, then pivoted to co-found Outsight in 2019 - a Paris-based spatial intelligence company deploying 3D LiDAR software in airports, rail stations, and smart cities worldwide. Today, Outsight holds a $17.2M contract with Dallas Fort Worth Airport for the world's largest 3D LiDAR deployment, with installations at Charles de Gaulle and Rome Fiumicino airports among its growing portfolio.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Outsight
- **Organizations:** Outsight, Withings, Nokia Tech
- **Nationality:** French
- **Education:** Engineering Degree, Advanced Physics, CentraleSupélec (Ecole Centrale Paris), Master of Science, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Management Acceleration Program, INSEAD
- **Known for:** Co-founded Withings (2008), one of the world's first connected health companies, scaling to millions of products sold globally, Led Withings through a €170M acquisition by Nokia in 2016, Co-founded Outsight (2019) and built the world's first LiDAR Software Processor

## Career timeline

- **1996-1999** — Studied Engineering (Advanced Physics) at CentraleSupélec, Paris
- **2000-2002** — Master's degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT
- **2002-2003** — Consultant at PwC Consulting
- **2003-2005** — Product Manager for gateway products at Inventel
- **2005-2008** — Marketing Director of Domestic Products at Thomson Advanced Products, where he met future co-founder Eric Carreel
- **2007** — Completed Management Acceleration Program at INSEAD
- **2008** — Co-founded Withings with Éric Carreel and Fred Potter - one of the first connected health companies globally
- **2009** — Launched Withings' first product: a WiFi body scale, pioneering consumer IoT
- **2008-2016** — CEO of Withings, scaling the company to millions of products sold across connected scales, blood pressure monitors, and activity trackers
- **2016** — Nokia acquired Withings for approximately €170M; Hutchings became VP of Digital Health at Nokia Technologies
- **2016-2018** — VP of Digital Health at Nokia Tech, leading the digital health division
- **2018** — Co-founder Eric Carreel buys back Withings from Nokia; Hutchings departs Nokia
- **2019** — Co-founded Outsight with Raul Bravo, Olivier Garcia, and Scott Buchter, merging with Dibotics (3D perception specialists)
- **2019** — Outsight raised initial seed funding; developed the first LiDAR Software Processor
- **2022** — Outsight raised €22M (~$24.2M) round co-led by Energy Innovation Capital and Bpifrance Defense Innovation Fund
- **2022** — Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (ADP Group) selected Outsight's 3D smart monitoring technology
- **2024** — Outsight won the 2024 Airport Technology Excellence Award and the French-American Business Award (FABA)
- **2024-2025** — Signed $17.2M contract with Dallas Fort Worth Airport - the world's largest 3D LiDAR deployment
- **2025** — Aeroporti di Roma signed large-scale deployment of Outsight platform at Rome Fiumicino Airport
- **2025** — NEC Corporation and Outsight announced strategic collaboration for airport operational intelligence

## Achievements

- Co-founded Withings (2008), one of the world's first connected health companies, scaling to millions of products sold globally
- Led Withings through a €170M acquisition by Nokia in 2016
- Co-founded Outsight (2019) and built the world's first LiDAR Software Processor
- Raised $44.2M total funding for Outsight
- Secured $17.2M contract with Dallas Fort Worth Airport - the world's largest 3D LiDAR deployment
- Deployed Outsight's spatial intelligence platform at Paris Charles de Gaulle, Rome Fiumicino, and DFW airports
- Won the 2024 Airport Technology Excellence Award for Outsight's Shift platform
- Won the 2024 French-American Business Award (FABA)
- Gartner recognized Outsight as a key player in spatial computing
- Keynote speaker at major global technology conferences including Robotics Summit & Expo and RoboBusiness

## Latest updates

- **2025-04** — Outsight joined the Airports AI Alliance, promoting responsible AI adoption in aviation
- **2025-04** — Dallas Fort Worth Airport signed $17.2M contract with Outsight for world's largest 3D LiDAR deployment
- **2025-02** — Aeroporti di Roma announced large-scale deployment of Outsight's platform at Rome Fiumicino Airport
- **2025-10** — NEC Corporation and Outsight announced strategic collaboration for airport intelligence solutions
- **2024-10** — Outsight won the 2024 Airport Technology Excellence Award for its Shift spatial AI platform
- **2024-09** — Outsight won the 2024 French-American Business Award (FABA)

## Links

- Website: https://outsight.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/c%C3%A9dric-hutchings-88699a
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/cedhutch

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