Av Startup Proto.ai gets a rough road rival Safeai

The Venn chart for engineers who know a little about artificial intelligence, self -driving, and mining has a small intersection. The CEO of Proto.ai Anthony Levandowski wants the largest possible number of these people. And the acquisition helps him achieve this goal.

Techcrunch has learned that San Francisco -based Startup, which has developed a system designed for transport trucks and other off -road vehicles used in construction and mining sites, has acquired AI, according to Techcrunch.

The conditions of the deal were not revealed. However, Lewandowski said that the acquisition is a talent and technological play. The largest part of the engineering team of small startups of 12 people will come to Bonto. A source familiar with the deal said that the price of safe intelligence acquisition was in “millions”.

“In the space of the independent transportation system, there is a type of players – it’s Safeai and the United States,” Lewandowski told Techcrunch in a recent interview with him, adding that Safei and Proto have taken different ways in the market. “We were growing a ton and needed to add more people and resources to the team, so it was logical to buy it … We have more wood behind less shares so we can grow faster.”

Proto, who participated in its founding with Ognen Stojanovski in 2018, uses advanced sensors, cameras and artificial intelligence to operate the transport trucks independently. Bonto is also used Mobile pollenThe open source mobile phone network from analogy to analogy the start of the start in 2022, which allows it to exchange data in an unknown way and at high speeds without relying on old transport companies. Fallen pollen is used to support sites with a little connection.

Bonto kept her team somewhat to about 40 people. Lewandowski said the Safeai acquisition will help Proto to serve more customers, including Levandowski. Last year, PRONTO extended a partnership with Heidelberg Mateials North America, one of the largest building materials and cement producers in the world, following a experimental program in Bridgeport Quarry in Texas. Proto technology is combined into Komatsu transport trucks, which work independently on the site.

Earlier this year, Bonto An agreement with Heidelberg announced To deploy more than 100 self -government trucks and expand their team in Brazil.

The acquisition will also allow Bonto to meet a variety of needs from small quarries to large mines.

It is worth noting that the acquisition will allow Proto to provide customers with a gradual technical wallet. Bonto is only famous for the camera approach. Safeai, which was established in 2017, used $ 38 million in the financing round of Series B three years ago, uses multiple cameras on vehicles, radar, and Lidar. Proto plans to present a multi -sensor sensor approach in addition to using the Safeai safety framework for it, which is the highest level in the integration of safety in the industry.