NVIDIA CEO Jenson Huang landed on the UK this week, which is powered to invest $ 2 billion ($ 2.6 billion) to spare the country’s AI startup ecosystem. The company told Tech Crunch, that self -driving tech startup, NVIDIA’s AI investment will be one of the recipients of funds.
View said it had signed a letter of intention with NVIDIA to evaluate 500 million strategic investments in the next funding round of the UK startup. NVIDIA participated in the $ 1.05 billion series C -round of the view that closed in May 2024.
A spokeswoman for the View confirmed that the Million 500 million temporary affiliation is part of the NVIDIA’s AI startup investment commitment.
Nvidia said during a program on Thursday billion 2 billion commitment Venture Capital Investors will add funds from Excel, Air Street Capital, Balderon, Hookston Ventures, and Phoenix Court. A NVIDIA spokesperson refused to comment on the letter to announce the intention.
View co -founder and CEO Alex Kendal will not provide a tech crunch with an expected end date for his series de -round. Kendel said the company “is working fast.”
The View, which started in 2017, has received attention and investors for its automated driving system that uses self -learning than a rules -based approach to self -powered software. From the end of the view to the end, the nerve network does not require high definition maps and uses only data to teach the vehicle to drive. Data -powered learning approach is used for “eye -catching” driving and “eye -catching” fully automatic driving system.
The company plans to sell its “statue AI” to car makers and other tech companies.
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View its self -learning approach, which is similar to Tesla’s use strategy, especially appeals to car makers as it does not depend on specific sensors or maps. This means that the view system can work with existing sensors such as cameras and radar. Automatic driving software receives data from these sensors, which directly notifies the system driving decisions.
And while the View software may have been already on its OEM partners in their vehicles, it has been a close development relationship with NVIDIA since 2018.
View Generation 2 Self -driving platform, which integrates its Ford Mitch e -test vehicles, uses Nvidia GPUs. This week, Startup unveiled General 3, a platform that used the development of Vehicle Compute Compatrical Vehicles, called NVIDIA Drive Agx Thor. General 3 views will allow the eye -catching modern driving assistance system and level 4 driver lace features that will work on city roads and highways.
Nvidia, and especially Huang, seems to be part of the future of the View.
Huang said in a video stated in a video equipped with a Viovio on public roads in London. The video, which was seen by the Tech Crunch and is to be released soon, has handed over the Candal Nedia Thor Developer Kit.
“We picked it up from our hotel and went to Central London in some really busy streets, including Hyde Park Corner,” Kendall said in an interview on Friday.