Autonomous vehicle company, a GM subsidiary operating driverless robotaxis.
Founders
Kyle Vogt(United States · ♂)— An MIT engineer who built self-driving prototypes as a teen and co-founded Twitch, Vogt founded Cruise in 2013 to develop autonomous vehicles, later acquired by GM.
Dan Kan(United States · ♂)— Younger brother of Twitch founder Justin Kan, Dan had interned alongside Vogt and started several companies before co-founding Cruise in 2013 as COO to run operations.
GM self-driving subsidiary Cruise received a further 1.35B USD investment from the SoftBank Vision Fund as it opened its driverless robotaxi service to the public in San Francisco.
$1.4B
Apr 2021
Funding round
Cruise raised US$2.75B from Walmart and institutional investors, valuing the autonomous-vehicle company at over US$30B.
$2.8B
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