If you are concerned about the self-driving car race and you are trying to figure out the cooperation, driving procedures, and alliances between technology companies, map companies, and vehicle manufacturers, you will be in even more headaches now because something new has happened. . Recently, Ford announced that it will gradually invest $1 billion in artificial intelligence startup Argo over the next five years. It is reported that Argo was founded by a group of robotic experts and engineers who know artificial intelligence at Carnegie Mellon University and has only been established for more than a month.
From another perspective, Ford's move is equivalent to acquiesced that he does not know how to achieve his own promise before releasing - in 2021 to make their own self-driving cars production and hit the road.
"With Argo's flexibility and Ford's scale, we are combining the advantages of a tech startup with Ford's experience in the automotive manufacturing field." Ford CEO Mark Fields said, "In other words, Argo is good at algorithms. And we are stronger than vehicle manufacturing. Let's start doing it."
Although Ford does not want to call this investment a merger, after this investment, Argo's team will join the automaker's robotics department. It is reported that Ford’s robotics division currently has hundreds of people and has offices in Pittsburgh, Michigan, and Silicon Valley.
Carnegie Mellon University's robotics experts, former Google employee Bryan Salesky and former Uber executive Peter Rander, will manage Ford's robotics division and are currently forming a 200-person team.
However, the cooperation between the two parties also has some interesting points. On the one hand, although Argo is incorporated into Ford's robotics department, it still operates as a startup company, has an independent board of directors, can send options to outstanding engineers, and has the ability to open its own technology to third parties. right.
“They (Ford) are leaders in self-driving car platforms and vehicle design, and we (Argo) are stronger than the development of virtual pilot systems. For both of us, it is to ensure that everyone works in one direction. Bryan Salesky said.
The real world situation is infinitely complex, which means that you cannot solve the autopilot problem by developing a corresponding program for each situation. However, with the AI ​​program, a self-driving car can solve driving problems in various situations on its own.
For the same reason, Uber also recruited a large number of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University to work for Cruze, another company that acquired AI last year to develop autonomous driving technology. Right now, Ford has joined the autopilot AI Wars and has taken a step closer to its promise to “reshape the 21st century transportation systemâ€.
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