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Zoox

Zoox is transforming mobility-as-a-service by developing a fully autonomous, purpose-built fleet designed for AI to drive and humans to enjoy.

Zoox was founded in 2014 by Jesse Levinson and Tim Kentley-Klay to design, build, and operate purpose-built autonomous vehicles for ride-hailing. Its headquarters are in Foster City, California, where it develops robotics, artificial intelligence, vehicle systems, and autonomous-driving software. The company built and tested its first autonomous prototype in 2015. It received California authorization to test autonomous vehicles with safety drivers in 2016, completed an autonomous testing loop in downtown San Francisco in 2017, and obtained a permit to transport passengers autonomously with a safety driver in 2018. Amazon announced an agreement to acquire Zoox on June 26, 2020. Zoox operates as an independent Amazon subsidiary. In 2023, its purpose-built robotaxi began operating on public roads without a safety driver in an employee shuttle service in Foster City; the company is now developing and operating autonomous ride-hailing services in multiple U.S. cities. Zoox’s place in AI is as a robotics and autonomous-mobility company applying machine learning, perception, motion planning, simulation, and vehicle-control systems to driverless transportation. Its current leadership includes CEO Aicha Evans, co-founder and CTO Jesse Levinson, CIO Ravi Naik, and Chief People Officer Tulasi Siddhartha.

Founded

2014

Headquarters

Foster City, United States

Sector

robotics