
Technology
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Autonomous Driving
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Series D+
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Valuation:
~$8.6B

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The company's public product roadmap & what they're committed to building.
End-to-end driving foundation model running on standard automotive compute.
Production ADAS launching with Nissan ProPILOT in FY2027.
Fully automated driving for robotaxi and consumer vehicles.
8.4B parameter generative world model for scenario synthesis and training.
Vision-language-action model for explainable driving behavior.
Neural simulator for closed-loop training and evaluation.
Vertically integrated robotaxi operator reliant on HD maps and LiDAR, runs its own fleet rather than licensing.
OEM-embedded supplier with modular stack and redundant sensors, more conservative architecture than Wayve's end-to-end approach.
End-to-end camera-based system similar in philosophy but locked to Tesla vehicles and not licensed externally.
Co-founder and CEO (Cambridge PhD, computer vision)
President (ex-Mobileye EVP Product and Strategy)
Chief Scientist (ex-Microsoft Research, Cambridge PhD)
2017 | Seed from Compound, Firstminute Capital
2019 | $20M Series A led by Eclipse Ventures
2021 | $13.6M strategic from Ocado Group
2022 | $200M Series B led by Eclipse with Microsoft, D1, Baillie Gifford
2024 | $1.05B Series C led by SoftBank with Nvidia and Microsoft
2026 | $1.2B Series D at $8.6B valuation, Uber, Nissan, Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis join
2026 | $60M extension from AMD, Arm, Qualcomm