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VW invests $2.6 billion in Argo AI, joining Ford in autonomous push

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Last updated: 2023/05/26 at 6:02 AM
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German automaker Volkswagen AG has accomplished its $2.6 billion funding in Argo AI, the Pittsburgh-based self-driving startup disclosed in a weblog submit on Tuesday.

Argo, based in 2016 by Bryan Salesky and Peter Rander, is now collectively managed by Volkswagen and Ford Motor Co, which made an preliminary funding in Argo shortly after it was based.

Details of the Volkswagen funding, which doesn’t embody an settlement to buy $500 million value of Argo inventory from Ford, was introduced final July.

John Lawler, CEO, Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC, and Ford Motor Company Vice President, Mobility Partnerships, launched the next assertion early Tuesday after information of VW’s funding was introduced:

Last July, Ford and Volkswagen introduced a collaboration with Argo AI to introduce autonomous car know-how in the U.S. and Europe. As a part of this collaboration, Volkswagen would be part of Ford in investing in Argo AI. Working along with Argo AI positions each Ford and Volkswagen to raised serve our future clients whereas enhancing price and capital efficiencies. While the uncertainty of as we speak’s enterprise atmosphere has created challenges for partnerships and investments in the self-driving house, this collaboration stays on observe and might be a optimistic growth for everybody concerned. As a outcome, Volkswagen’s funding in Argo AI was finalized June 1.

Volkswagen’s settlement consists of the switch to Argo of its Munich-based Autonomous Intelligent Driving unit, which boosts Argo’s employment to greater than 1,000, in line with Salesky.

Last week, Volkswagen disclosed that its supervisory board had permitted a number of tasks in a multibillion-dollar alliance with Ford that additionally was introduced final July.

Ford created Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC in 2018, pledging to speculate $4 billion till 2023 and had sought exterior buyers to assist share the spiraling price of creating autonomous automobiles.

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