AI-powered platform for Automotive OEMs to enable Advanced Driver Assistance (ADAS) & Autonomous Driving Systems (AD) (Level 2+ & Beyond) for every place on earth, including the toughest road environments like India. Our proprietary end-to-end Foundational Models enables autonomous driving using pure camera-based systems and lets it scale across geographies and different vehicle form factors.
Startup Description
Minus Zero is India's first startup building AI-powered ADAS & AD solutions for automotive OEMs. In 2023, Minus Zero demoed India's first fully driverless vehicle, zPod, capable of autonomously driving in closed environments using only camera sensors. They've already partnered with 2 of the largest OEMs to enable ADAS/AD software in their next-gen vehicles - a) Ashok Leyland, India's 2nd largest commercial vehicle OEM, b) Mercedes-Benz Research & Development India.
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Business Model
The full-stack AI powered platform provided to OEMs come with 2 business models, a) One-time installation - Similar to current ADAS products, it's charged per vehicle per model. Current ADAS products retail somewhere between INR 20,000 to INR 1,80,000 per vehicle, depending on the features. As we are providing premium AI features, we intend to be closer to the higher end of the price spectrum, b) Monthly Subscription-based model to provide further software updates every month.
Customers
based in
India, East Asia, Middle East & North Africa, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Latin America
Business
Modal Type
Marketplace
Type of
Sales
B2B
Competitors
Mobileye, Israel-based Intel-acquired company, is the largest ADAS provider in the world, doing $2bn in revenue every year. Other competitors include Momenta in China, Autobrains in Israel, Wayve.ai in UK, Helm.ai in US, Waabi in Canada.
Teams
Gursimran Kalra
Co-founder & COO
Are all the founders full-time on this
project?
Yes
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