# Matthew Carey

> Matthew Carey is the co-founder and CEO of Teradar, a Boston deep-tech company building a solid-state automotive sensor that sees in the terahertz band of the electromagnetic spectrum, the sliver between microwaves and infrared. His pitch is blunt: combine radar's ability to punch through fog and rain with lidar's crisp resolution, then make it cheap enough to bolt onto a Ford Focus. After a friend died in a car crash that no existing sensor could have prevented, Carey teamed with terahertz specialist Gregory Charvat and chip architect Nicholas Saiz in 2020. In November 2025 the company left stealth with a $150 million Series B and claims to be validating its tech with five global automakers.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Teradar
- **Organizations:** Teradar, Humatics, General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Rethink Robotics, L3Harris Technologies
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** MBA, MIT Sloan School of Management, Advanced degree in robotics/engineering, Northeastern University, Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Teradar, developer of what the company calls the world's first high-resolution terahertz vision sensor for automobiles, Raised a $150 million Series B round backed by Capricorn Investment Group, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Ibex Investors, and VXI Capital, Guided the company from a first terahertz image on a chip in 2022 to a productized sensor (Summit) unveiled at CES 2026

## Career timeline

- **pre-2016** — Worked as a manufacturing automation and electro-mechanical designer at firms including L3Harris Technologies, Rethink Robotics, and General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems
- **2016** — Joined Humatics as Director of Strategic Business Development & Product Manager
- **2017** — Earned MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management
- **2018** — Became Director of Product Management at Humatics
- **2020** — Co-founded Teradar with Gregory Charvat and Nicholas Saiz
- **2021** — Took the CEO role at Teradar; began building the terahertz sensor in stealth
- **2022** — Teradar captured its first terahertz image on a chip
- **2025** — Teradar exited stealth with a $150M Series B in November
- **2026** — Unveiled the Summit terahertz vision sensor at CES 2026

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Teradar, developer of what the company calls the world's first high-resolution terahertz vision sensor for automobiles
- Raised a $150 million Series B round backed by Capricorn Investment Group, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Ibex Investors, and VXI Capital
- Guided the company from a first terahertz image on a chip in 2022 to a productized sensor (Summit) unveiled at CES 2026
- Secured validation engagements with five top U.S. and European automakers and three Tier 1 suppliers
- Earned an MBA from MIT Sloan while building a career spanning robotics, defense, and precision positioning

## Latest updates

- **2025-11** — Teradar exited stealth with a $150M Series B led by top deep-tech and defense investors.
- **2026-01** — Unveiled the Summit terahertz vision sensor at CES 2026, targeting 2028 model-year vehicles.

## Links

- Website: https://teradar.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-carey-16250922

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Last updated: 2026-07-01