Japanese self-driving startup Turing Inc. has secured AMD Ventures as an investor and shifted roughly 10% of its AI training workloads to AMD GPUs, reducing dependence on Nvidia and cutting compute costs. The Tokyo-based company, valued at ~$600m after a $79m funding extension, aims to deploy self-driving software in consumer cars and robotaxis by 2028. Despite entering a crowded market late, Turing's CFO argues the gradual adoption cycle of new car models gives them time to compete on cost-efficiency. AMD is making similar bets in the autonomous driving space, having also backed UK firm Wayve.
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