What Avride does
Avride develops autonomous driving technology for two products: a self-driving Autonomous Driver platform for robotaxi services and a sidewalk Delivery Robot that has completed more than 200,000 deliveries, the company says. Avride operates delivery robots in Jersey City, Austin and Dallas through Uber Eats partnerships and plans to launch robotaxi service on Uber's platform in Dallas, per Silicon Hills News. The company builds its own lidars, cameras and computational hardware for its autonomous systems. Avride originated from Yandex's self-driving unit and was founded in 2017, according to Tracxn.
How Avride compares with its closest alternatives
None of the 5 closest alternatives has a free plan, and neither does Avride. 1 of the 5 offers an API; FalcoScan's records show none for Avride. Avride offers hardware. Of the alternatives, all 5 offer hardware. Avride was founded in 2017; the alternatives were founded between 2016 and 2022, 1 of them earlier. Avride is based in Austin, United States; 1 of its 5 alternatives is in the United States too, and the others in South Korea, China, Japan and elsewhere.