Apex.AI Autonomous Driving Software
<p>November 27, 2019, 9:37 PM loc in Palo Alto and in Munich.</p>
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<p>ApexOS is their product.</p>
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<p>December 8, 2019, 7:22 PM</p>
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<p>see quote at Automotive News May 2019:</p>
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<p>about <strong>APEX.AI....</strong></p>
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<p>Founded by Becker and Dejan Pangercic, two longtime self-driving car engineers<a class="omnitrack inline-paragraph-link" href="https://www.autonews.com/article/20181116/COPY01/311169935/ex-bosch-engineers-seek-to-make-self-driving-cars-safer" target="_blank" data-omnilocation="articlebody" data-omnilink="editorial-link"><strong> formerly at Robert Bosch</strong></a>, Apex.AI plans to make a safer and more reliable version of the so-called <strong>Robot Operating System, or </strong><strong>ROS.</strong></p>
<p class="inline-ad-para">That software is used by scores of labs and companies in their self-driving car and robotics efforts, including Intel, Microsoft and Amazon. The software is <strong>open source</strong>, meaning that anyone can adopt it and use it free of charge, but it has so far mainly been deployed in research settings.</p>
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<p class="inline-ad-para"><strong>Apex.AI aims to create a robust, failproof version</strong> of the software that can be deployed by <strong>automakers in later stage commercial applications to guarantee safety-critical driving functions.</strong></p>
<p class="crain-idio-inline-7">The company hopes to finish the software by the end of the year and submit it to German inspection firm TUEV for approval in <strong>early 2020</strong>. Once certified, the software could then be deployed by automakers worldwide, Becker said.</p>
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<p class="inline-ad-para">The company wants to license the software and charge for support services, with the exact pricing model currently under discussion, Neumann said.</p>
<p class="inline-ad-para"><strong>Apex.AI to date has raised $15.5 million in venture capital </strong>funding, including from the venture arms of Airbus and Toyota. Becker said the company was well-funded into 2020.</p>
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