Core Team

Maxwell Zhou

CEO

DJI Developer Challenge first prize, Gold Medal in the RoboCup. Previously worked at Texas Instruments on IoT projects and Baidu USA autonomous driving. PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Texas at Dallas, and Bachelor Degree from Tsinghua University Talent Class.

Core Team

Maxwell Zhou

CEO

Core Team

Tongyi Cao

CTO

PhD from University of Massachusetts. His paper ranked No.1 on KITTI dataset for object detection.

Core Team

Tongyi Cao

CTO

Core Team

Lei Jin

CFO

Over 20 years in IBD. Former managing director in Goldman Sachs, Head of Goldman Sachs China Domestic Equity Financing and Head of Goldman Sachs Gao Hua Shanghai Branch.

Core Team

Lei Jin

CFO

Development History
2024

November. Completed Series C1 US$100 million funding.

September. Vision-Language-Action Model research and development based on NVIDIA Thor SoC.

April. Launched DeepRoute IO smart driving platform that doesn't rely on high-definition maps and featuring end-to-end model.

January. Entered partnership with Tencent Map.

2023

September. Released European Strategy.

August. End-to-end model initial road test completed.

March. Released Driver 3.0 Mapfree solution.

2022

August. Fully driverless autonomous driving car road test in China.

May. Rolled out autonomous driving car with accessibility features.


2021

September. Raised US$300 million led by Alibaba Group.

July. The first to operate Robotaxi in CBD of Shenzhen. Citizens can call for a Robotaxi on the MiniProgram.

2020

June. Perception algorithm was ranked No.1 on leading global dataset Semantic KITTI.

January. Released computing platform DeepRoute-Tite. Its power consumption is only 1/6 of traditional solutions and greatly reduced cost and size.

2019

December. Launched inference engine DeepRoute-Engine to enhance autonomous driving computing efficiency and reduce reliance on high-performance computing platforms.

November. Obtained Shenzhen intelligent connected vehicle test permit.

October. Partnered with Dongfeng Motor to provide Robotaxi service during the 7th CISM Military World Games.

September. Pre-A round over 50 million from Fosun Capital.

February. Established in Shenzhen.