Pony.ai
Pony.ai is an autonomous vehicle technology company co-located in Silicon Valley, Beijing and Guangzhou. The company was founded in December 2016 by James Peng and Lou Tiancheng who were formerly developers for Baidu in Silicon Valley. In January 2018 Pony.ai completed a $112 million Series A round co-led by Morningside Venture Capital and Legend Capital with seed round lead-investor Sequoia China and investor IDG Capital also participating in the round, alongside Hongtai Capital, Legend Star, Puhua Capital, Polaris Capital, DCM Ventures, Comcast Ventures and Silicon Valley Future Capital.

Toyota plans to invest $400 million in the company. They previously announced that they work together on testing self-driving cars on public roads in Beijing and Shanghai.

In May 2021, California regulators gave the company permission to test its autonomous vehicles without a human safety driver in specified streets within Fremont, Milpitas and Irvine.
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autonomous vehicle
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Silicon Valley
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Beijing
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Guangzhou
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Baidu
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Series A round
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Morningside Venture Capital
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IDG Capital
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DCM Ventures
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Comcast Ventures
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Pony.ai
Concept
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Pony.ai
Concept
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December 2016
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January 2018
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field of work