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TuSimple founder Xiaodi Hou is back with a new autonomous truck startup


Two years ago, Xiaodi Hou was ousted from his position as CEO of TuSimple, an autonomous trucking startup he co-founded that has since shut down U.S.

Two years ago, Xiaodi Hou was ousted from his position as CEO of TuSimple, an autonomous trucking startup he co-founded that has since shut down U.S. operations and delisted from the stock exchange — and, in an odd twist, the company has pivoted to AI animation and gaming in China. Hou said transformers allow Bot Auto’s gigantic neural network to take in data from different sensors — like cameras, radar, and lidar — to create a “world model” of the vehicle’s surroundings and simultaneously recognize objects and traffic signals and plan pathways. Hou said his startup has begun testing autonomous trucks on public roads in Texas with a human safety operator in the front seat and has already secured two letters of intent from customers in the logistics and shipping industry.

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