Uber Acquires AI platform to advance its Self-driving cars technology
Cab booking platform Uber has acquired computer vision startup Mighty AI to help advance its technology for self-driving cars.
Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, but the ride-hailing giant said 40 employees of the Seattle-based firm would join Uber soon.
Mighty AI specialises in computer vision, a field within artificial intelligence that is used to better understand or "label" the surroundings of vehicles that will be deployed autonomously.
"The team at Mighty AI has built technology to label at scale using the latest AI and user experience techniques," said Jon Thomason, vice president of software engineering for the Uber division.
"Training our AI at increasing pace is critical to scaling our self-driving technology, and I look forward to bringing Mighty AI's tech...