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Apex.AI

Palo Alto developer of safety certified software for software defined vehicles and mobility systems that grew out of the Robot Operating System.

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Apex.AI was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, with Jan Becker as chief executive and co-founder, and it builds safety certified, automotive grade software derived from the open source Robot Operating System, now led by its Apex.Grace software development kit, for automotive, defense, agriculture and medical uses. Volvo Group Venture Capital announced an investment of undisclosed size on December 5, 2019. On December 14, 2021 Apex.AI said it had raised $56.5 million in a Series B led by Orillion, with ZF, Continental, AGCO, Canaan, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Airbus Ventures, Jaguar Land Rover's InMotion Ventures, Toyota Ventures, Hella Ventures and Volvo Group Venture Capital taking part, and Continental said the same day that it had taken a minority stake. On February 20, 2025 the company announced a strategic investment of undisclosed size from LG Electronics.

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Latest funding
— Strategic investment (undisclosed amount)
Total funding
$56.5M
Latest valuation
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Founded
2017
Country
United States
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