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Tesla autonomous manufacturing for everyone

We bring Tesla autonomous manufacturing to every automaker and other producers. At Tesla, we were the core autonomous factory team and we’re now building the smart cameras and robotic guidance tools that provided the main advantages at Tesla

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Founded:2021
Team Size:9
Location:San Francisco
Group Partner:Diana Hu

Active Founders

Lukas Pankau, Founder

Lukas was the lead electrical architect behind Ford’s Global Fusion and Edge platforms, and Tesla’s Model X, 3, and Y. In his five years at Tesla he transitioned to lead next-generation Autopilot hardware architecture and special projects in the Fremont factory focusing on autonomous manufacturing. After Tesla Lukas spend three years defining Waymo’s next-generation sensor and communications architecture. In his spare time he enjoys cooking and reading terrible fiction novels.

Lukas Pankau
Lukas Pankau
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Allen Pan, Founder

Telsa autonomous factory lead, GM advanced autonomous control engineer, Neolix chief architect. An Industry veteran in industrial automation, flexible manufacturing, and autonomous driving expert, with more than 10 years of experiances