Published in DeepMap Blog·Jun 10, 2021A New Era in Mapping: DeepMap to be Acquired by NVIDIAMessage from DeepMap’s Co-Founders James Wu and Mark Wheeler Dear DeepMap colleagues, customers, partners, and supporters: Today we are thrilled to announce that DeepMap has agreed to be acquired by NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA). This is an incredibly exciting and transformational opportunity for our company and for the industry. We founded DeepMap in 2016 because we saw a clear path…2 min read
Published in DeepMap Blog·Jun 8, 2021Grayson Brulte and Mark Wheeler: A Deep Dive into RoadMemory and MoreToday we’re sharing with you a video of a free-flowing, unstructured conversation between analyst Grayson Brulte of Brulte & Company and Mark Wheeler, CTO and Co-Founder of DeepMap. The discussion took place last week in conjunction with the DeepMap RoadMemory (tm) announcement. Grayson zoomed in from sunny Palm Beach, Florida…Autonomous Driving4 min read
Published in DeepMap Blog·May 30, 2021The New Era In Mapping: Maps For Machines By Machines, by James Wu and Mark Wheeler (Crunchbase Op-Ed)Crunchbase has published an op-ed by DeepMap co-founders James Wu and Mark Wheeler on the opportunity for a new generation of smarter maps made for machines, by machines. James and Mark explain that “historically, building high-definition maps was a large and expensive undertaking. Now, with newer mapping engine platforms that…4 min read
Published in DeepMap Blog·May 11, 2021Here Be Dragons, part 3!In popular culture, autonomous vehicles (AVs) tend to be depicted as robotaxis traversing city streets, or self-driving cars racing down highways. In fact, there are many other types of spaces where AV technology will be required — for example, privately-owned parking garages. DeepMap has partnered with automakers around the world…Autonomous Cars7 min read
Published in DeepMap Blog·Apr 29, 2021DeepMap Deep Dive: A Conversation with Ed NiedermeyerQuestion: What do these topics have in common? Lyft’s Level 5 and Toyota’s Woven Planet… John Krafcik leaving Waymo… Amazon acquisition of Zoox… Autonowashing… Answer: All of these subjects were covered in a wide-ranging conversion between DeepMappers and Ed Niedermeyer (@Tweetermeyer) this week. Ed is the author of Ludicrous: The…Autonomous Vehicles3 min read
Published in DeepMap Blog·Apr 23, 2021Here Be Dragons, part 2!Traditional navigation maps get us from Point A to B. Next-generation maps for autonomous vehicles (AVs), such as those developed by DeepMap, add increased safety to our travels. In the second post in our Here Be Dragons series, we will outline some additional — and perhaps surprising — benefits of…Autonomous Cars6 min read
Published in DeepMap Blog·Apr 21, 2021DeepMap CTO Mark Wheeler Presents at Harvard Business SchoolOur CTO Mark Wheeler recently joined students at the Harvard Business School for a session of the course Digital Transformation of Business, taught by Professor Shane Greenstein. The topic of the class was DeepMap: Charting the Road Ahead for Autonomous Vehicles, an HBS case study on DeepMap authored by Prof…Autonomous Driving2 min read
Published in DeepMap Blog·Apr 15, 2021Here Be Dragons!Today DeepMap is launching a new blog post series called Here Be Dragons. In this series we will explore our love of maps, from the ancient maps on papyrus that guided ocean voyagers, to the digital, highly-detailed maps of today designed to be read by machines. The phrase Here be…Autonomous Cars9 min read
Published in DeepMap Blog·Apr 10, 2021DeepMap Named to 2021 CB Insights AI 100 List of Most Innovative Artificial Intelligence StartupsDeepMap has been recognized on the annual AI 100 ranking of the most promising private artificial intelligence companies in the world. The AI 100 was selected from a pool of over 6,000 companies. “This year’s cohort spans 18 industries, and is working on everything from climate risk to accelerating drug…Autonomous Cars3 min read
Published in DeepMap Blog·Mar 19, 2021DeepMap’s Richard Lucquet Speaks about Mapping for AVs in PAVE Panel SessionDeepMap’s VP of Operations, Richard Lucquet, participated in a panel last week titled HD Maps: An AV’s World View. It was sponsored by Partners for Automated Vehicle Education (PAVE), a coalition that informs the public about automated vehicles and their potential. The panel was moderated by PAVE’s Ed Niedermeyer. Richard…Autonomous Vehicles2 min read
