Jan Becker - CEO & Co-Founder at Apex.AI

Building on the open source Robot Operating System (ROS), Apex.AI was founded in 2017 to enable developers to successfully implement complex, safety-critical software for autonomous mobility. Toyota's A.I Venture fund and Volvo are some of the big players that have invested into Apex.  Jan has been active in the field of autonomous vehicles for over 20 years among which he has been working in several positions at Bosch, Faraday Future and teaching at Stanford University. Fun fact: On one of the first DARPA autonomous vehicle challenges he was asked by a famous Silicon Valley investor to work for one of his recent portfolio companies: Tesla.  Together with Jan we are talking in detail about the field of autonomous vehicles including the different players and the role of silicon valley in regards to the traditional players such as OEMs. We also go into detail about the different products of Apex and what the future holds for the company.