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Honda and Helm.ai Sign Multi-Year ADAS Pact to Speed Navigate on Autopilot

Honda targets a post-2027 mass-market rollout using Helm.ai’s vision stack with generative simulation.

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Overview

  • The companies announced a joint development agreement to integrate Helm.ai software into Honda’s production driver-assistance programs for consumer vehicles.
  • Helm.ai will provide its perception stack (Helm.ai Vision), real-time path prediction (Helm.ai Driver), and generative simulation models including VidGen-2, GenSim-1/2, and WorldGen-1.
  • The collaboration centers on Honda’s end-to-end Navigate on Autopilot, a partially automated system for highway and complex urban driving that requires constant driver attention.
  • Honda plans to scale the E2E NOA across its lineup with mass production targeted after 2027, and the companies did not disclose contract value or duration.
  • Honda has invested in Helm.ai since 2021, reportedly at least $30 million, and the startup has raised more than $100 million overall.