July 10, 2019
Jesse at TC Sessions:Mobility
Co-founder and CTO Jesse Levinson joined Darrell Etherington at TechCrunch’s TC Sessions:Mobility to talk about our self-driving technology and plans for the future. A summary of their discussion can be found via the link below.
June 21, 2019
Zoox Goes to CVPR2019!
We were at CVPR2019 showcasing some of our latest in perception, simulation, and autonomous driving. Thanks to those who stopped by! Interested in working with us to develop the future of autonomous mobility? We’re hiring – click the link below to see current open positions.
June 6, 2019
Aicha at re:MARS
“We believe designing from the ground up for autonomy is the right strategy to enable the new era of mobility. It is a difficult challenge, but a worthy one”. CEO Aicha Evans speaking alongside other business leaders and innovators at Amazon’s inaugural AI event, re:MARS.
May 23, 2019
Erika Linford Joins Zoox
We’re excited to announce Erika Linford as Zoox’s VP of Commercial Development. Erika joins us from Southwest Airlines, where she served as VP of Technology / Commercial. We’re thrilled to have her on board as we move towards commercializing our self-driving technology.
April 1, 2019
Welcome, Amy!
Zoox is thrilled to welcome Amy Vernetti as our Chief People Officer. Amy was previously the Director of Leadership Recruiting for the Moonshots and Bets at Alphabet. We are excited to have her onboard as we continue to scale. Welcome to Zoox, Amy!
Jan 14, 2019
Zoox Welcomes Aicha Evans as CEO
“I’m thrilled to be joining Zoox. The mobility industry is approaching a major inflection point, and Zoox has set itself apart from entrenched players as the only company creating a solution purpose-built to meet the needs of a fully autonomous future. I look forward to helping the company’s exceptionally talented team continue to grow as we unlock more technical and commercial milestones.” Welcome to Zoox, Aicha!
Dec 21, 2018
CPUC Permit Granted!
We are proud to announce that Zoox is the first company the California Public Utilities Commission has approved to operate an autonomous ride service for members of the public. This is an important milestone on our pathway to deploying a fully autonomous service.
Dec 17, 2018
Safety Innovation at Zoox, 2018
Safety and innovation are not mutually exclusive. Autonomous technology presents the biggest opportunity to improve roadway safety in our lifetimes. Learn more in our 2018 Safety Innovation at Zoox report via the link below.
Dec 10, 2018
Zoox at NeurIPS 2018
As part of the 32nd Annual NeurIPS conference on artificial intelligence in Montreal, Zoox’s Sarah Tariq, Director of Computer Vision and Ekaterina Taralova, Senior Software Engineer, Simulation, presented at the workshop on Machine Learning for Intelligent Transportation Systems. Our talk focused on Zoox’s advanced perception and simulation technology – featuring results, learnings, and video footage from recent work. Check out a video that highlights some interesting, fully autonomous driving scenarios in downtown San Francisco via the below link.
Sept 18, 2018
Zoox @ Global Climate Action Summit
Zoox is committed to creating sustainable mobility. We were proud to drive progress in green technology at the Global Climate Action Summit by committing to the Step Up 2020 Declaration, driving autonomously across SF, and showcasing our tech at the Zero Emissions Vehicle event.
July 30, 2018
Zoox in Wonderland!
When the clock struck midnight on July 29, Zoox celebrated its fourth anniversary in Wonderful fashion. Cheers to the friends and family who support us on our journey for sharing the moment with us.
July 27, 2018
Connect 2018
When building a cross-functional team and experiencing hyper growth, it’s important to take a moment to Connect. This week, the Zoox crew came together for its inaugural summit to share our progress towards 2020.
July 18, 2018
Bloomberg, We Let Them In
Ashlee Vance stopped by Zoox to see what we are about. From autonomous slalom tests on a runway to autonomously driving without intervention from Stanford to SF – check out the video via the link below.
July, 2018
Zoox Turns Four
In July 2014, Tim Kentley-Klay came to California to start Zoox with Jesse Levinson and a handful of troublemakers. Today, Zoox has grown to a crew of over 500 change makers with vehicles driving autonomously all over the valley. Cheers to the most talented yet wild team there is!
June 19, 2018
Zoox @ CVPR
Stop by the Zoox booth at the Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) to see the latest in our software, sensors and driving capabilities. You’ll also get to meet a great team of talented engineers. If you’re a talented engineer who can’t make it to CVPR 2018, check out our open positions to connect with us.
June 11, 2018
Welcome, Brijesh!
Another amazing talent joins our team – we welcome Brijesh Tripathi to Zoox as VP of Advanced Hardware Engineering. Hailing from Tesla, Apple and Nvidia, Brijesh’s expertise will be put to work to develop the next-generation hardware required to enable autonomous driving.
May 11, 2018
Auto Drive From Stanford
To SF Done
Fully autonomous driving was what we were founded to pioneer. Today, Zoox exhibited this with an autonomous drive departing our startup garage on SLAC, driving on 280 to our HQ in Foster City, then on to our office in downtown SF. Over an hour long drive with zero interventions, amazing work by the team.
April 23, 2018
Zoox On The Move - New HQ!
Zoox has come together under one roof at its new headquarters in Foster City. Cheers to the friends and family that came along to celebrate this moment. Let the art and science at Zoox reach new heights c/o our inspiring new HQ — Chess.
January 24, 2018
Zoox CEO, Tim Kentley-Klay, Sits Before The U.S. Senate On Self Driving Cars
The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee held a field hearing on emerging automotive innovations. Industry leaders, including Zoox founder Tim Kentley-Klay, talked about the opportunities and challenges with self-driving and electric vehicle technology, associated safety concerns, and the potential impact of federal regulations. (Credit: CSPAN)
July 31, 2017
Merging Simulation & Reality
At SIGGRAPH 2017, Tim showed how Zoox uses next generation simulation and advanced neural networks to train its driving A.I. See how Zoox uses synthetic environments to test and validate its software and then transfers those learnings to real-world driving.
