Overview
- Uber and Autobrains announced the partnership at Nvidia’s GTC in Taipei on Monday and say a first test vehicle is already operating around Munich’s Olympiapark with safety drivers on board.
- The program targets Level‑4 autonomy, which permits driverless operation only inside predefined zones and requires local regulatory sign‑off before safety drivers can be removed.
- Autobrains uses an ‘Agentic’ multi‑agent architecture that relies mainly on cameras and Nvidia’s compute platform to limit training‑data needs and avoid costly lidar hardware.
- The system is designed to be OEM‑agnostic so it can integrate into standard series vehicles, but the partners have not yet named the first carmaker, fleet operator, or exact service area.
- Backed by investors linked to BMW and Toyota and partners such as Continental and Knorr‑Bremse, the team plans broader user availability in 2027 and a wider European roll‑out by 2028 if tests and approvals succeed.