Bolt has announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to develop AI systems aimed at scaling autonomous vehicles across Europe.

The initiative will combine Bolt’s ride-hailing and car-sharing fleet data with technologies from NVIDIA.

These include Omniverse, Cosmos world foundation models, Alpamayo AV models, and NVIDIA’s AI infrastructure.

The platform will support the development of autonomous vehicle (AV) systems. It will run on NVIDIA’s DRIVE Hyperion architecture for robotaxi services.

The companies said the system will rely on real-world data to train models. It will use Cosmos to curate and augment datasets. It will also use Omniverse tools to reconstruct driving scenarios.

Alpamayo models will be used to support behavioural adaptation across different traffic conditions.

Bolt stated that all data processing will follow privacy-preserving measures to comply with GDPR and EU cybersecurity requirements.

The platform will use NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion, which includes dual DRIVE AGX Thor processors and a sensor suite combining lidar, camera and radar.

It will run on NVIDIA DriveOS to support real-time processing and level 4 autonomous capabilities.

The collaboration will also include open-source tools, interfaces and benchmarks to support wider participation from European developers, including SMEs and universities.

“Real-world data is the most valuable asset in the race for safe autonomy,”

said Jevgeni Kabanov, President and Head of Autonomous Driving at Bolt.

“By marrying Bolt’s operational scale with the NVIDIA Hyperion platform and AI infrastructure, we are creating a European-led AV offering while maintaining control over our data and technology.”

“Autonomous vehicles require a full-stack approach that unifies AI models, high-performance compute, and a robust sensor architecture,”

said Philippe Van Den Berge, EMEA Vice President of Automotive at NVIDIA.

“This collaboration provides a scalable foundation for autonomous mobility services designed for European roads.”

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