Lyft Partners With Startup Drive.ai to Develop Self-Driving Test Platform
Ride-hailing company Lyft announced on Thursday that it has partnered with Drive.ai, a startup designing the brain of autonomous vehicles, to push the adoption of self-driving cars to the Bay Area via Lyft's open platform.
The partnership is in conjunction with Lyft's efforts to "build the world's best transportation ecosystem, as well as safely introduce self-driving cars to our streets," the company said.
Drive.ai, one of the first startups in California to get a self-driving vehicle permit, takes a deep learning approach in creating artificial intelligence that powers self-driving cars. The result is a "fast, scalable, and cost-efficient approach to the development of this technology," Lyft said.
"Drive.ai and Lyft are both working toward a future where self-driving vehicles radically improve the lives of millions," said Sameep Tandon, CEO of Drive.ai. "By launching this pilot, we're taking a giant step to advance that reality. As we deploy Drive.ai's safe, intelligent autonomous vehicles on the city streets, we can begin to build public understanding and trust. Self-driving cars have so much to offer, from safety to convenience, and we can't wait for consumers to experience this for themselves."
Drive.ai recently completed a $50 million round of funding in its Series B funding round.
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