June 14, 2021via Amazon Science
The future of mobility-as-a-service
Why it matters
Autonomous vehicle deployment represents one of AI's most capital-intensive applications, with implications for how AI companies scale physical-world implementations beyond software.
Key signals
- Zoox developing full robotaxi fleet
- Focus on mobility-as-a-service business model
- Amazon-backed autonomous vehicle development
The hook
Not a pilot. Zoox is building a full robotaxi fleet powered by AI vision systems.
Jesse Levinson, co-founder and CTO of Zoox, answers 3 questions about the challenges of developing autonomous vehicles and why he’s excited about Zoox’s robotaxi fleet.
Relevance score:75/100