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Ford Teams with Startup on Ride-Share Routing Software Developer
Ford Motor Co.’s Autonomic affiliate is partnering with San Francisco startup rideOS Inc. to develop software that dispatches and routes ride-share vehicles.
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Ford Motor Co.’s Autonomic affiliate is partnering with San Francisco startup rideOS Inc. to develop software that dispatches and routes ride-share vehicles.
RideOS says its platform acts like an air traffic controller to help future fleets of robotic shuttles calculate arrival times and navigate construction zones, traffic jams and other travel impediments.
The startup was launched in 2017 by two mapping and navigation experts from Uber and Apple. The company has raised $9 million in first-round funding, led by Menlo Park, Calif.-based venture capital firm Sequoia Capital.
Ford acquired a stake in 15-month-old Autonomic Inc. last October and then bought the startup outright in January. Autonomic and RideOS note that the market for dispatch and fleet monitoring software for autonomous fleets is undeveloped. Less clear is how many companies that plan to launch robotic shuttle services will create their own management systems.
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