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As chief scientist for Uber ATG – the company’s self-driving vehicle division that was sold to Aurora in December 2020 – Raquel Urtasun played a firsthand role in developing the technology that powered the division’s vehicles.
With nearly two decades of machine learning and artificial intelligence experience, Urtasun has developed expertise in the space and is a leading voice in North America for the technologies. In her “spare time,” she is also a professor at the University of Toronto.
On...
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Torc Robotics generates millions of gigabytes of data testing self-driving Freightliner Cascadias for Daimler Truck AG. Now it is contracting with Amazon’s cloud business for faster analysis.
Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) will manage data transfer, storage and compute capacity as Torc prepares to deploy its second generation Class 8 self-driving trucks in New Mexico and Virginia.
The size of the fleet is growing. More data is being created. Engineering teams in the U.S. and Germany need help...
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Ike, an autonomous long-haul trucking startup that ranked No. 17 in FreightTech 25, made strides in 2020 toward the future where self-driving tractor-trailers pull freight on interstates. Perhaps recognizing the value of Ike’s people and technology, partner and minority investor Nuro recently acquired the company.
“… We have watched as Ike developed not just one of the most rigorous safety-first and systems-based approaches to self-driving development, but also a team that is widely regarded as...
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Uber (NYSE: UBER) is selling its troubled self-driving vehicle unit to Amazon-backed Aurora as the tech giant continues to unload unprofitable business divisions and the industry moves away from robotaxis to autonomous trucking and food delivery.
As part of the equity deal, Uber will invest $400 million in Aurora and get a 26% stake in the company, an Aurora spokesperson told FreightWaves. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is joining the board.
The acquisition and Uber’s new investment brings Aurora’s...
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