Volvo Group Venture Capital invests in Silicon Valley software firm for autonomous mobility

The investment will fund the development of a safety-certified software framework for autonomous systems.

Autocar Professional BureauBy Autocar Professional Bureau calendar 06 Dec 2019 Views icon20024 Views Share - Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to LinkedIn Share to Whatsapp
Volvo Group Venture Capital invests in Silicon Valley software firm for autonomous mobility

Volvo Group Venture Capital has invested in Apex.AI, a leading software company in autonomous mobility. The investment will fund the development of a safety-certified software framework for autonomous systems.

Apex.AI, a Palo Alto, California-based company founded in 2017, is building an automotive-grade version of ROS (Robot Operating System), an established open source software framework commonly used in robotics and autonomous systems research. By providing a safer and more reliable version of ROS that will be certified according to the functional safety standard ISO 26262, Apex.AI enables companies to take their autonomous vehicle projects into production.

“We are excited to invest in a company that enables easier development of safety-certified systems,” says Anna Westerberg, acting CEO of Volvo Group Venture Capital and SVP Volvo Group Connected Solutions.

“Apex.AI has a promising product offering with important commercial deployment potential for autonomous systems,” says Dan Tram, Investment Director of Volvo Group Venture Capital, who is based in Silicon Valley.  

The role of Volvo Group Venture Capital is to make investments in innovative companies at the forefront of service orientation as well as product differentiation and to support collaboration between startup companies and the Volvo Group. 

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