Press Autonomous a2z, an autonomous driving solution company, attracts 16 billion Series A investment
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Autonomous A2z (a2z), a venture company developing autonomous driving solutions, invested a total of 16 billion won in Series A round investment from KB Investment, Korea Investment Partners, KN Investment Partners, Enlight Ventures, Kakao Mobility, and Kakao Investment. attracted
a2z has attracted 2.1 billion won as a seed investment in 2020, and the accumulated investment amounted to 18.1 billion won through this investment. Founded in 2018, a2z has developed the 'a2z solution', an independent solution that establishes an optimal driving strategy with lidar signal processing technology, which is the core of autonomous driving system, and a full stack algorithm for recognition, judgment, and control. drew attention
The a2z solution is applied to various platforms such as small electric vehicles, passenger cars, small buses, and special vehicles, and is currently being tested in various major schemes nationwide including Seoul, Pangyo, and Daegu. The total mileage on the accumulated autonomous driving road is 145,000 km. Based on this technology, since December 2020, it has been operating a paid autonomous driving service with Kakao Mobility in Sejong City for the first time in Korea.
a2z is currently using commercial vehicles as autonomous driving cars by remodeling them, but in the long term, it plans to introduce a complete 'pure domestic unmanned mobility platform' equipped with a2z solution. To this end, a2z will invest more than 10 billion won to develop a Proto-Car in 2023. First, 10 units will be produced to upgrade the unmanned autonomous driving system and basic driving and durability performance for two years. The mid- to long-term goal is to mass-produce pilot-cars in 2025 and general mass-production in 2027.
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Han Ji-hyeong, CEO of a2z, said, "Until now, a2z has been building autonomous driving-based technology through various government R&D projects. said.
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