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HAAS Alert raises $5M seed round to scale its automotive collision prevention system

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HAAS Alert, a SaaS company that provides real-time automotive collision prevention for public safety and roadway fleets, has raised $5 million in seed funding that the company says it will use to scale sales and outreach efforts and prioritize R&D with vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2X) technology partnerships.

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Kneron releases its first automotive-grade chip for ADAS and AV systems

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Kneron has launched its first automotive-grade chip — fueled by funds from Foxconn, Alibaba, Sequoia, Horizons Ventures, and Qualcomm — that it says could revolutionize the path to vehicle autonomy. With the new chip, the Kneron KL530, the startup is looking to take a greater share of the automotive market.

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Eatron, which makes ‘intelligent automotive software’, raises $11M Series A led by MMC

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So, the more this embedded automotive software is de-coupled from the underlying electronic hardware, the more this optimization can take place, and the more efficient vehicles can become. An intelligent automotive software platform, embedded at the edge and connected to the cloud, will play a critical role in this transformation.”.

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Aurora and Continental pass first major hurdle in commercial self-driving trucks deal

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Aurora and automotive supplier Continental have wrapped up the first phase of a more than $300 million project to mass produce autonomous vehicle hardware for commercial self-driving trucks. The two companies said Friday that the design and system architecture of an autonomous vehicle hardware kit is now complete.

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Automotive simulation platform Morai secures $20.8M Series B to expand its global footprint

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Morai , which provides autonomous vehicle developers with automotive simulation tools to verify the safety and reliability of self-driving systems, announced today it has raised $20.8 As a result, users can test an AV driver against myriad simulation environments, regardless of the hardware they operate on. .

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3 views on CES 2022

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For fifty-four years, big and small hardware manufacturers that hoped to reach their target audiences rolled out new products at the Consumer Electronics Show. Brian Heater: Hardware startups should reconsider their media strategies. Kristin Korosec: CES hasn’t lost its automotive luster. Fill that vacuum.”

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Deep Vision announces its low-latency AI processor for the edge

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The company is also working with suppliers to the automotive industry, but less around autonomous driving than monitoring in-cabin activity to ensure that drivers are paying attention to the road and aren’t distracted or sleepy. . Only then did they finalize the chip design. Image Credits: Deep Vision.