Tuesday ko British self-driving technology startup Wayve ne announce kiya ki unhone $1.05 billion ka funding secure kiya hai. Jismein SoftBank Group ne lead kiya. Ye investment unki Embodied AI technology ko production-model vehicles mein develop aur deploy karne mein madad karegi.

Ye technology, jo human behavior se seekhkar aur usmein adapt karne ki capability rakhti hai, autonomous driving ki taraf ek mahatvapurna kadam hai.

Nvidia, ek naye investor, aur Microsoft, ek pichhle investor, ne bhi Series C funding round mein participate kiya. Is latest funding round se Wayve ke total funds raised ab $1.3 billion se adhik ho gaye hain, jo ek milestone hai ek British startup ke liye jo AI technology par focus karta hai.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ne is funding ko UK ki industry mein leadership aur unka economic plan ka safal hona ke liye ek saboot kaha.

Wayve ne 2017 mein sthapit kiya tha, aur unka autonomous driving technology AI ka upayog karke vehicles ko aniyamit scenarios handle karne ki shakti pradaan karti hai, jaise ki drivers, pedestrians ya mahauliye factors ke anjaane actions. Ye pragati assisted se autonomous driving ki taraf automakers aur fleets ke liye sahayak hoga.

Wayve ki technology pahle se hi chhah alag-alag vehicle platforms mein integrate ki gayi hai, jaise ki Jaguar I-PACE aur Ford Mustang MachE jaise electric vehicles, ek advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) ke roop mein. Jab tak ye technology vikasit hoti hai, Wayve ko over-the-air software updates ke madhyam se apne AI ko sudhaarne ka iraada hai.

Robotaxi startups aur self-driving companies ke samne ek mukhya challenge hai insani shakti ko jaldi se risk ka anuman lagane aur moolyaankan karne ka naaki, vishesh roop se aniyamit paristhitiyon ya “edge cases” mein. Wayve ke President Erez Dagan ne bataya ki unki technology ek scenario se doosre tak driving ki knowledge ko vyapak roop se generalise karne ke liye banayi gayi hai, AI ka upayog karke edge cases ko handle karne mein traditional human programming se aage badhne ka lakshya rakhti hai.

Dagan ne spasht kiya ki AI ke shakti ka upayog karke, Wayve ka lakshya hai ek Embodied AI system ka vikas karna, jo asli duniya aur banavati data se sikh kar edge cases ko handle karne mein insani programming se adhik prabhavshali hoga.