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title: "Japan's Turing takes AMD backing for self-driving"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/japan-s-turing-takes-amd-backing-for-self-driving-8a3hhopb0
source_url: https://thenextweb.com/news/turing-japan-amd-ventures-self-driving
type: article
source: "The Next Web"
published: 2026-07-06T12:47:27.606Z
updated: 2026-07-06T12:47:51.075Z
tags: ["nvidia", "gpu", "amd"]
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# Japan's Turing takes AMD backing for self-driving

**[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

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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