Autolane Is Building the Infrastructure to Make Autonomous Vehicles the Real Deal

For autonomous vehicles to fulfill their promise of freeing humans from the task of driving, they need real infrastructure. Palo Alto-based Autolane is proposing to design, build, and deploy it, and has secured over $7 million in funding to produce the first phase. The company wants to enable autonomous vehicles for pickups, deliveries, rideshare, and more.

We might have been promised self-driving cars within two years by Elon Musk's Tesla back in the early 2010s, but in the mid-2020s, it's becoming more of a reality. Robotaxis are finally rolling out across the US and some select international cities, and there's a real push to make this a viable business model with safe, functional vehicles. It's still missing a lot of needed infrastructure, though, which is where Autolane might come in.

"I believe we are one of the first, let's say, 'application layer' companies in autonomy ...