Tesla has big plans in store, if we’re to follow CEO Elon Musk’s timeframe laid out during the Autonomy Investor Day. In an effort to achieve these goals, the electric-car maker may have made a solid purchase.
CNBC reported Tuesday that Tesla has fully acquired a tech startup company called DeepScale. The startup focuses on computer vision and not on lidar, which many other companies and automakers bank out to give their self-driving car prototypes the gift of sight.
Tesla did not comment on the reported purchase, though CNBC also reported DeepScale CEO Forrest Iandola made a curious announcement on LinkedIn. On the social media network, Iandola confirmed he joined Tesla as a senior staff machine learning scientist. CNBC’s sources familiar with the deal reported back saying it wasn’t a single hire and that Tesla has, in fact, purchased the startup outright.
DeepScale’s approach to autonomy fits the bigger picture Musk has promoted for a few years now. Rather than relying on lidar, Musk has consistently believed cameras, radar and ultrasonic sensors will make up a robust system without other hardware. Powering it all is a new artificial intelligence chip Tesla developed in-house. The chip, detailed this past April, uses minimal power for operation and takes in an absolute massive load of information from the hardware package.
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