"In an interview with TechCrunch, the founder described the company as one of the first "application layer" companies in the self-driving vehicle industry. Basically, Autolane is building infrastructure to help autonomous vehicles know exactly where to go for pick-up and drop-off. That includes all kinds of cargo: humans for robotaxis, but also grocery and meal delivery, according to Seidl."
""We aren't the fundamental models. We're not building the cars. We're not doing anything like that," he told TC. "We are simply saying, as this industry balloons rapidly and has exponential growth... someone is going to have to sit in the middle and orchestrate, coordinate, and kind of evaluate what's going on.""
American roads feature extra-wide lanes, large parking lots, and numerous active driveways that challenge pedestrians and autonomous vehicles alike. Ben Seidl, CEO and co-founder of Autolane, is building an application-layer system to act like air traffic control for autonomous vehicles, directing precise pick-up and drop-off locations. Autolane intends to handle robotaxis as well as grocery and meal deliveries. The company does not build cars or core driving models, instead focusing on orchestration, coordination, and evaluation as the industry scales. Seidl cites a viral Waymo robotaxi incident at a Chick-fil-A cul-de-sac as inspiration. Autolane has raised about $7.4 million in venture funding. Seidl rejects reimagining urban design around autonomous vehicle–led efficiency.
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