{"id":132764,"date":"2021-12-20T15:22:54","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T23:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/ai-chip-maker-kneron-raises-25m-for-autonomous-driving-push"},"modified":"2021-12-20T15:22:54","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T23:22:54","slug":"ai-chip-maker-kneron-raises-25m-for-autonomous-driving-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/ai-chip-maker-kneron-raises-25m-for-autonomous-driving-push","title":{"rendered":"AI chip maker Kneron raises $25M for autonomous driving push"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RLdt3wgnuDs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>AI chips, which are semiconductors designed to accelerate machine learning, have many applications. One of the promising use cases, according to Albert Liu, is using AI chips in autonomous driving vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why Liu\u2019s AI chipmaking startup Kneron has been quietly racking up investments to march into smart transportation. It recently closed a new round of $25 million funding led by Lite-On Technology, a Taiwanese optoelectronic pioneer, which was a strategic investor in the round. Other investors included Alltek, PalPilot, Sand Hill Angels and Gaingels.<\/p>\n<p>The new proceeds lifted Kneron\u2019s total funding to over $125 million since its inception in 2015. The San Diego-and Taipei-based company has assembled a list of renowned investors, including Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-Shing\u2019s Horizon Ventures, Alibaba, Qualcomm, Sequoia and <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2021\/01\/19\/kneron-foxconn-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Foxconn<\/a>, the world\u2019s largest electronics manufacturer and Apple\u2019s supplier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI chips, which are semiconductors designed to accelerate machine learning, have many applications. One of the promising use cases, according to Albert Liu, is using AI chips in autonomous driving vehicles. That\u2019s why Liu\u2019s AI chipmaking startup Kneron has been quietly racking up investments to march into smart transportation. It recently closed a new round [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robotics-ai","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132764\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}