2023年5月15日，新一代汽车基础软件服务商奥特酷智能科技（南京）有限公司（下简称“AutoCore.ai”）宣布完成由博世集团旗下博世创投和博原资本发起的战略投资，老股东高瓴创投（GL Ventures）持续跟投。
当前，汽车芯片大算力时代的到来催生了汽车传感器的倍数增长，海量数据带来了数据传输、调度、管理难度的指数增长，从智驾域控的发展趋势来看，汽车中间件将成为智能化发展的刚需基础软件，中长期会是数百亿美金的市场格局。
伴随市场的爆发式成长，2018年成立至今的AutoCore.ai已迅速发展成为一家面向全球的汽车软件平台型企业，基于自主开发的 AutoCore.OS 软件平台，为合作客户提供基于整车 SOA 架构的中间件产品、基础软件产品以及算法软件与应用软件授权服务，从而为客户建立了完整统一的车载数据链路平台，实现了系统级功能安全，致力于打造整车数据实时、确定、安全兼顾的通信、传输、 调度以及规划。作为在全球范围内提供先进汽车基础软件产品和服务的杰出代表，AutoCore.ai无论从团队、产品成熟度、工程能力、工具以及客户群体等各个方面每年都有倍数级增长。
此外，AutoCore.ai是全球首家全栈软件产品通过ISO26262最高功能安全等级ASIL-D产品认证的企业，产品应用于全球范围内多家头部OEM和Tier1量产项目。同时AutoCore.ai也是多家主流芯片厂商选择的战略伙伴。
据悉，本轮投资方博世创投与博原资本均为全球整车电子电气架构头部企业博世集团旗下基金。博世集团是Autosar标准的主要支持与发起者，是全球最大汽车Tier1系统集成商，在汽车产业供应链有不可替代的影响力与头部效应。日后，AutoCore.ai将与博世集团共同探索新技术与新产品，合力在更大范围以更快速度响应全球汽车产业高速变化的需求。博世集团相信AutoCore.ai 还将利用与博世旗下实体公司及合作伙伴的合作机会，从战略上受益于博世强大的软件定义汽车网络和社区。
“我们相信AutoCore.ai将代表中国优秀创新企业，成为国际汽车供应链上备受青睐的专家”，博世创投管理合伙人Ingo Ramesohl博士表示。
博原资本管理合伙人及董事长蒋红权博士表示：“伴随着整车EE架构的变革，新一代的汽车产业软硬件解决方案加速进入规模化落地阶段。随着本轮战略投资的完成，AutoCore.ai与博世集团将在资本和业务层面开展深入合作，联合打造立足中国，面向全球的创新模式。我们相信AutoCore.ai将代表中国优秀创新企业，成为新一代核心汽车供应链的国际供应商。”
高瓴创投（GL Ventures）合伙人李强表示：“高瓴创投（GL Ventures）从pre-A轮开始支持AutoCore.ai，此次是我们连续第三轮投资。AutoCore.ai在短短几年时间里高速发展，凭借出色的技术和研发能力，以及丰富的产业经验，打造了性能出众的中间件平台。安全、高性能、高可靠的中间件是汽车产业智能化发展的关键一步。我们非常高兴看到AutoCore.ai正在得到越来越多的整车厂商、系统集成商及其他合作方的欢迎与认可，相信在创始人张旸带领下，AutoCore.ai能够为更多客户持续创造价值，并在汽车智能化浪潮中扮演重要角色。”
AutoCore.ai创始人张旸博士表示：“我们很高兴得到众多国际头部OEM和Tier1对我们企业产品和技术的认可，在博世集团的加持下，AutoCore.ai全球的产业同盟步入了一个全新阶段。我们热烈的欢迎新股东加盟，并衷心的感谢所有AutoCore.ai的客户和老股东们一如既往的支持。”
15th May 2023, automotive system software provider AutoCore.ai announces the completion of A+ round fundraising led by Bosch Ventures and BoYuan Capital, joined by existing shareholder GL Ventures.
We are witnessing an era represented by automotive chips powered with complex and advanced computing capabilities, as well as the multifold growth of intelligent sensors. The massive amount of data has brought about exponential growth and challenges in data transmission, scheduling and management. Automotive middleware will become the fundamental must-have software for intelligent vehicle development, with its market potential reaching tens of billions of dollars in the medium and long term.
Along with the explosive growth of the market, AutoCore.ai, established in 2018, has rapidly developed into a global automotive software platform-oriented enterprise, based on the self-developed AutoCore.OS platform, providing middleware, system software products, algorithm and application software licensing services with SOA oriented architecture across entire vehicle.
AutoCore.ai has created a complete and unified in-vehicle data platform for OEMs to achieve system-level functional performance, safety and security with guarantees for real-time, deterministic and secure communication, transmission, scheduling and planning of data across all vehicle domains, supporting different EE architecture. As a global leader in providing advanced automotive infrastructure software products and services, AutoCore.ai has witnessed its significant growth each year in terms of team, product maturity, engineering capabilities, tools, and customer base.
AutoCore.ai is the first middleware supplier in the world to have its full-stack software products certified to ISO 26262 ASIL-D, the highest functional safety level, currently adopted by many leading OEMs and Tier 1s in their mass production programs around the world. AutoCore.ai is also a chosen strategic partner by several mainstream chip manufacturers.
It is reported that the lead investors of this round, Bosch Ventures and BoYuan Capital, are both investment funds of the Bosch Group, a global leader of automotive electrical and electronic architecture. Bosch Group is the main initiator and supporter of Autosar standard, the world's largest automotive Tier1 system integrator, and has irreplaceable influence across the automotive industry supply chain. AutoCore.ai will work with Bosch Group to explore new technologies and products, work together to respond to the rapidly changing needs of the global automotive industry on a larger scale and at a faster pace.
This strategic investment marks the next step growth of its core alliance AutoCore.ai has been able to build globally. The alliance with Bosch represents the new generation EEA solution moves into a mature and mass production stage, enabling global OEMs. Bosch group believes that AutoCore.ai will also strategically benefit from Bosch’s strong network and communities for the Software-defined vehicle by leveraging collaboration opportunities with its entities and partners.
“We believe that Autocore.ai will represent China's outstanding innovative enterprises and become a sought-after specialist in the international automotive supply chain”, says Dr. Ingo Ramesohl, Managing Director of Bosch Ventures.
Dr. Hongquan Jiang, Managing Partner and Chairman of BoYuan Capital, said: "Along with the change of the whole vehicle EE architecture, the new generation of software and hardware solutions for the automotive industry are accelerating into the scale deployment stage. With the completion of this round of strategic investment, AutoCore.ai and the Bosch Group will cooperate in depth at both capital and business levels, jointly building an innovative model based in China for the world. We believe that AutoCore.ai will represent outstanding Chinese innovative companies and become a leading international core technology supplier for next generation automotive supply chain."
GL Ventures partner Qiang Li says, “GL Ventures has been supporting AutoCore.ai since Pre-A, this is our third consecutive investment into AutoCore”. AutoCore.ai team has demonstrated outstanding capabilities in product development, market penetration as well as accumulation of abundant industry know-how in very short period of time. It has already produced many robust products, first of their kinds in the industry. Safe, high performance and high reliable middleware is one of the key areas of volume intelligent mobility. We are delighted to witness the exciting adoption from OEMs, Tier1s and other partners of AutoCore.ai’s product and technology. We trust that under Dr. Yang Zhang’s leadership, AutoCore.ai will continue to deliver critical value to its customer base, playing an important role in this wave of intelligent automotive evolution.
Dr. Yang Zhang, Founder and Chairman of AutoCore.ai, says “we are thrilled that our hard work and unwavering dedication being recognised by our wide customer base, glad that Bosch choose to be part of the journey. We expect close collaboration between us in global arena. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of AutoCore.ai’s shareholders. We wouldn’t be here without their commitment and support.”