DETROIT and PALO
ALTO, Calif., May 1, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Apex.AI became the youngest company to win an
Automotive News PACE Award in the 29-year history of this
prestigious industry honor.* Apex.AI was named a PACE Award
winner at an event in Detroit for
its superior innovation, technological advancement, and business
performance.
Apex.AI develops safety-certified and scalable middleware
software solutions for a host of mobility applications, enabling a
faster transition to software-defined vehicles and software-defined
mobility.
"At only six years old, we believe Apex.AI is the youngest
company — excluding spinoffs and joint ventures — to ever win a
PACE award," said Jamie Butters,
executive editor of Automotive News. "Apex.AI earned this
recognition from our distinguished judges for its ability to deploy
software mobility solutions quickly, safely and across multiple
applications and industries."
The 29th annual PACE Awards were presented by
Automotive News. The competition was open to suppliers that
contribute products, processes, materials, or services directly to
the manufacture of cars or trucks. The Automotive News PACE Award
is accepted around the world as the industry benchmark for
innovation.
"Having helped start the software-defined vehicle industry 25
years ago, it's very gratifying to receive this prestigious
recognition," said Jan Becker,
founder and CEO of Apex.AI. "Our mission is to improve the safety,
efficiency and convenience of mobility by enabling a faster
transition to software-defined vehicles and mobility. This
recognition is for all the hard working, mission-driven team at
Apex.AI, who serve our customers so well every day."
For the last 25 years, Jan Becker
has shaped autonomous driving, robotics systems development and
software-defined vehicles. One of the original authors of the SAE
autonomy levels, Becker holds more than 50 automotive patents. His
research and scholarly articles on autonomous vehicles and
automotive software have thousands of citations.
Recent Apex.AI success stories include:
- Brunswick Corporation: Apex.AI is providing
software solutions to the world's leading recreational marine
company to integrate safety-certified products with Brunswick's
autonomous solutions ecosystem as part of its ACES (Autonomy,
Connectivity, Electrification, Shared Access) strategy. The
software from Apex.AI enables the seamless integration of these
systems in vessels equipped with autonomous technology and improves
the boating experience across a range of applications.
- MOIA: Developing the proprietary passenger management system
for the autonomous VW ID Buzz for Volkswagen MOIA ride pooling
service.
- AGCO,: Apex.AI enabled AGCO, a global leader in the
design, manufacturing and distribution of agricultural machinery
and precision ag technology, to shorten R&D timelines to
deliver smart agricultural solutions for the future of highly
automated farming.
- KRONE, and LEMKEN,: Apex.AI is helping develop
commercial-ready autonomous farming systems with KRONE, a
manufacturer of agricultural machinery and precision agricultural
technology, and LEMKEN, a company that manufactures innovative
machines for tillage, sowing and sustainable plant care. The
'Combined Powers' concept vehicle is an autonomous drive unit that
acts as a smart system that can plow, cultivate, sow, mow, turn and
swath. The companies are now transitioning the concept carrier
vehicle from the prototype stage to series production by leveraging
Apex.AI's Software Development Kit (SDK).
Apex.AI earned an Automotive News PACE Award following an
extensive review by an independent panel of judges including a
comprehensive written application and a virtual site
visit.
About Apex.AI
Apex.AI is an international developer of safety-certified base
software, enabling a faster transition to software-defined vehicles
and software-defined mobility. The company's software products are
based on proven open-source software, such as ROS or Eclipse
iceoryx. Through a proprietary process, we add what is necessary to
support commercial and safety-critical applications such as
functional safety, real-time determinism and flawless performance.
The company's flagship product is Apex.Grace, an automotive-grade,
real-time, reliable software development kit. Apex.AI's
headquarters is located in Palo Alto,
CA, USA, with offices in Berlin, Munich, Stuttgart in Germany, Gothenburg in Sweden, Tokyo
in Japan and Pangyo in
South Korea. To date, Apex.AI has
raised over $75 million USD from
world-class venture, financial and strategic investors,
including AGCO, Airbus Ventures, Canaan, Continental AG, Daimler
Truck, HELLA Ventures, Jaguar Land Rover's InMotion
Ventures, Lightspeed, Orillion, Toyota Ventures, Volvo Group
Venture Capital and ZF.
*according to existing records and excluding spinoffs and
joint ventures
For complete details of the Automotive News PACE Award, visit
www.autonews.com/pace.
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