User:Iandola/DeepScale
Type of site | Privately held company |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Mountain View, CA |
| Founder(s) |
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| CEO | Forrest Iandola |
| URL | http://deepscale.ai |
DeepScale, Inc. is a privately held, U.S. based technology company headquartered in Mountain View, CA.[1] DeepScale develops perceptual system technologies for the automotive industry.
History
[edit]DeepScale was co-founded by Dr. Forrest Iandola and Prof. Kurt Keutzer in September 2015.[2] DeepScale is focused on bringing efficient deep learning to Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and Autonomous Vehicles.[1] In 2018, DeepScale raised US $15 Million in Series A funding.[3] The funding round was led by two funds: Point72, which is the personal fund of billionaire investor Steven A. Cohen, and next47, which is a billion-dollar venture fund backed by Siemens.[4][5] DeepScale has strategic partnerships with Tier-1 automotive suppliers including Visteon and Hella Aglaia Mobile Vision GmbH.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Kolodny, Laura (2017-03-21). "DeepScale raises $3 million for perception AI to make self-driving cars safe". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
- ^ "DeepScale". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
- ^ "DeepScale attracts $15M investment to advance automated vehicle perception". Safe Car News. 2018-04-04. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
- ^ Schott, Paul (2018-04-04). "Point72 invests in artificial-intelligence firm". Stamford Advocate. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
- ^ Orlowski, Ralph (2016-06-28). "Siemens Will Put $1.1 Billion Into New Startups Unit". Fortune. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
- ^ Yoshida, Junko (2018-01-09). "Visteon Works with DNN Vanguard DeepScale". EE Times. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
- ^ Yoshida, Junko (2018-04-03). "Are We Short of Deep Learning Experts?". EE Times. Retrieved 2018-04-07.