自动驾驶公司获AMD投资及芯片支持

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日本自动驾驶初创公司Turing完成7900万美元A轮融资,AMD入局降低对英伟达依赖
近日,日本自动驾驶初创公司Turing宣布完成7900万美元(约合人民币5.7亿元)的A轮融资。本轮融资于7月6日公布,加上该公司2025年11月已筹集的9500万美元,Turing累计融资总额已达1.74亿美元。
值得关注的是,本轮投资方包括AMD风投部门AMD Ventures、三菱商事和三菱UFJ银行。其中AMD Ventures的参与尤为引人注目,标志着这家芯片巨头首次涉足自动驾驶技术领域。据报道,Turing已在其系统中采用AMD的人工智能加速器,从而逐步减少对英伟达芯片的依赖。
Turing首席财务官森岛雅人向彭博社透露,目前公司约10%的AI训练需求已由AMD GPU支持。由于AMD GPU通常比英伟达同类产品价格更低,这一举措不仅有助于Turing实现供应链多元化,还能有效降低开发成本——这对资金投入巨大的自动驾驶技术研发而言意义重大。
总部位于东京的Turing正在开发一套统一的自动驾驶系统,计划于2028年前投入使用,届时将搭载于车企销售的消费者车型及Robotaxi中。公司表示,本轮新资金将用于加强计算基础设施建设,并扩大商业运营及研发规模。
Turing首席执行官山本一诚在声明中表示:“与计算基础设施和数据中心领域的合作伙伴携手,我们将进一步推动技术发展,全力以赴将日本自主研发的完全自动驾驶技术推向全球。”
值得一提的是,Turing并非唯一瞄准日本自动驾驶市场的企业。英国AI公司Wayve已在与日产和优步合作,计划今年年底前在东京推出Robotaxi试点服务。Wayve同样获得了AMD的投资,且在资金实力上明显领先于Turing。
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日本自动驾驶初创公司Turing已完成一轮7900万美元的A轮融资。
这轮融资于7月6日公布,加上该公司在2025年11月筹集的9500万美元,使其总融资额达到1.74亿美元。
投资者包括AMD Ventures、三菱商事和三菱日联银行。其中,芯片制造商AMD的风险投资部门AMD Ventures的参与值得关注,因为此次新融资恰逢Turing开始在其系统中使用AMD的AI加速器,从而减少了对英伟达芯片的依赖。
总部位于东京的Turing正在开发一套单一统一模型的自动驾驶系统,希望到2028年能在汽车制造商销售的消费车辆以及Robotaxi中投入使用。
Turing首席财务官森岛正人接受彭博社采访时提及本轮融资,透露目前公司约10%的AI训练需求已由AMD GPU提供支持。
除了实现供应链多元化外,这一举措预计还能降低成本(AMD GPU通常比英伟达GPU更便宜),这在研发成本高昂的自动驾驶技术领域是一大优势。
Turing并非唯一一家在日本市场探索自动驾驶的公司。英国AI供应商Wayve已取得显著进展,正与汽车制造商日产及Uber合作,计划在年底前于东京推出Robotaxi试点服务。
Wayve的另一优势在于资金更为充裕,AMD也是其投资者之一。
Turing表示,将利用最新融资加强计算基础设施,并扩大商业与研发业务。
首席执行官山本一成在一份声明中表示:“与计算基础设施及数据中心领域的合作伙伴携手,我们将进一步推动技术研发,竭尽全力将日本自主研发的全自动驾驶技术推向世界。”
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The move marks the chipmaker’s first foray into autonomous vehicle technology.
Japanese self-driving startup Turing has closed a $79 million Series A funding round.
This funding round, revealed on July 6, combined with the $95 million the vendor raised in November 2025, brings the vendor’s total fundraising to $174 million.
Among the investors are AMD Ventures, Mitsubishi Corporation and MUFG Bank. The presence of AMD Ventures, the venture capital arm of chipmaker AMD, is notable as the new funding coincides with the development that Turing is now using AMD's AI accelerators in its systems, reducing its reliance on Nvidia chips.
Tokyo-based Turing is developing an autonomous driving system in a single unified model that it hopes to be in use by 2028, in consumer vehicles offered for sale by automakers and in robotaxis, too.
Masato Morishima, Turing’s CFO, spoke to Bloomberg to mark the funding round, revealing that broadly 10% of the company’s AI training needs were now being powered by AMD GPUs.
In addition to diversifying Turing’s supply chain, the move is expected to reduce costs (AMD GPUs are generally cheaper than Nvidia GPUs), a plus in the arena of autonomous vehicle tech, which is expensive to develop.
The vendor is not alone in its quest to deliver autonomous driving in the Japanese market, with U.K.-based AI vendor Wayve already well advanced in its efforts to launch a pilot robotaxi service in Tokyo in tandem with automaker Nissan and Uber by the end of the year.
Wayve also has the advantage of being significantly better funded, with AMD also among its backers.
Turing said it will use the latest funding to boost its computing infrastructure and expand its commercial and R&D operations.
CEO Issei Yamamoto said in a statement: “Working alongside our partners in computing infrastructure and data centers, we will push our technology development further and do everything we can to bring fully autonomous driving developed in Japan to the world.”