Announcing Alex Kendall (Wayve) at RAAIS
The Research and Applied AI Summit (RAAIS) is a community for entrepreneurs and researchers who accelerate the science and applications of AI technology. In the run up to our 8th annual event on June 14th 2024 in London, we’re running a series of speaker profiles to shed more light on what you can expect to learn on the day!
At RAAIS we have a focus on translating cutting edge technology and research into production-grade products for real-world problems.
Alex Kendall is the co-founder and CEO of Wayve, a UK-based company developing foundation models for autonomous driving. Wayve’s AV2.0 approach focuses on creating a single neural network to convert raw sensor input into safe driving commands, removing the need for pre-mapped environments or traditional rules-based systems. This allows for greater adaptability to new scenarios and reduces the time and data required to deploy in new environments.
Wayve’s LINGO-2, a driving model that links vision, language and action to explain and determine driving behavior, is the first of its kind to be tested on public roads. The company recently closed a $1.05B Series C round, the largest AI fundraise in the UK ever and one of the top 20 globally.
Before starting Wayve, Alex completed a PhD at the University of Cambridge in deep learning, computer vision, and robotics. His research served as the basis for Wayve’s technology.