Pony.ai

Pony.ai is an autonomous vehicle technology company co-located in Silicon Valley, Beijing and Guangzhou.[2] The company was founded in December 2016 by James Peng and Lou Tiancheng who were formerly developers for Baidu in Silicon Valley.[3][4] In January 2018 Pony.ai completed a $112 million Series A round co-led by Morningside Venture Capital and Legend Capital with seed round lead-investor Sequoia China and investor IDG Capital also participating in the round, alongside Hongtai Capital, Legend Star, Puhua Capital, Polaris Capital, DCM Ventures, Comcast Ventures and Silicon Valley Future Capital.[5]

Pony.ai
Private
IndustryAutonomous vehicles
Founded2016 (2016)
FounderJames Peng
Lou Tiancheng
Key people
James Peng (CEO)[1]
Websitewww.pony.ai

Toyota plans to invest $400 million in the company. They previously announced that they work together on testing self-driving cars on public roads in Beijing and Shanghai.[6]

References
  1. "Pony.ai CEO Claims Autonomous Cars Coming to Public Roads in 5 Years". FutureCar. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  2. "California has let two Chinese startups offer robotaxis to the public". TechCrunch. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  3. "8 Questions With James Peng of Pony.ai, One of China's Most Valuable Autonomous Vehicle Startups". Time. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  4. "Toyota teams with Pony.ai for driverless road tests in China". Nikkei Asian Review. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  5. "Autonomous Driving Startup Pony.ai Raises $112M". Business Wire. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  6. Hawkins, Andrew J. (2020-02-25). "Toyota steers $400 million to self-driving startup Pony.ai". The Verge. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
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