Honda Motor Co. signed a multi-year agreement with Redwood City-based Helm.ai to co-develop self-driving capabilities, leveraging Honda's equity stake in the startup. The collaboration focuses on producing advanced driver assistance systems for mass-market Honda vehicles with a target of deployment by 2027. The program aims to enable partially automated acceleration and steering on regular roads and highways, positioning Honda alongside systems such as GM's SuperCruise, Tesla's Autopilot and BYD's God's Eye. Honda began investing in Helm.ai in 2021, and Helm.ai specializes in camera-based perception and simulation software with over $100 million raised.
Honda Motor Co. has signed a multi-year agreement to work with a US AI startup in which it has an equity stake to develop self driving capabilities, tapping into Silicon Valley know-how for next generation automated technologies. The Japanese carmaker and Redwood City-based Helm.ai Inc. will collaborate on producing advanced driver assistance systems for Honda's mass market vehicles by 2027, the two said Wednesday in a statement.
This joint development supports Honda's goal of realizing safe and affordable automated driving technologies for our global customers, Mahito Shikama, the head of the carmaker's software defined vehicle business, said. Honda has been investing in Helm.ai since 2021, including at least $30 million in early stage financing. The closely held startup, which specializes in camera-based computerized perception and simulation software, was founded in 2016 and has raised more than $100 million.
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