Turing Selected for METI’s FY2024 Subsidy Program, Supporting the Development and Demonstration of Autonomous Driving Services that Address Regional Mobility Challenges
Turing Inc. (Head Office: Shinagawa, Tokyo; CEO: Issei Yamamoto; hereinafter “Turing”) is pleased to announce that it has been selected as a joint applicant for the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)’s FY2024 “Development and Demonstration Support for Autonomous Driving Services to Address Regional Mobility Challenges” supplementary subsidy program.
Through this program, Turing will accelerate the development of End-to-End autonomous driving systems while conducting real-world demonstrations to help solve mobility issues in underserved regions. The ultimate goal is to achieve the safe and widespread adoption of fully autonomous driving technology.
Selection announcement：https://www.meti.go.jp/information/publicoffer/saitaku/2025/s250319001.html
Turing’s Initiatives
Turing will undertake the following initiatives to construct a large-scale virtual dataset combining real-world driving data with multimodal generative AI, allowing for the development and validation of advanced autonomous driving technologies capable of handling complex traffic conditions.
Generation of Large-Scale Virtual Datasets
Enriching real-world data with spatiotemporal (4D) annotations—such as ego-vehicle viewpoints and the detailed movements of surrounding vehicles and pedestrians—will allow Turing to create realistic training datasets. These will be enhanced with natural language descriptions and data from domain-adapted generative AI, leading to the integrated learning of perception, prediction, and planning while accelerating the development of world models for autonomous driving.
Generative AI Model Development
The models will be trained using a combination of real-world data, simulation data, and world model outputs. Red-team* techniques will be employed to evaluate model vulnerabilities and generate adversarial scenarios, strengthening the robustness of End-to-End autonomous driving systems against perception errors and adversarial input.
Preparing for Dataset Public Releases
Turing will develop high-quality datasets that will be useful in building simulation platforms to speed up the safety and functionality testing of AD/ADAS systems. The datasets will be able to preemptively address the risks and concerns associated with generative AI technologies.
※Red-teaming: A method for assessing system security by simulating adversarial attacks to identify vulnerabilities.
About the FY2024 Supplementary Subsidy Program※
Rural areas in Japan face growing mobility issues due to driver shortages and increased transportation demand, requiring new mobility solutions. METI’s mobility DX strategy calls for early commercialization of profitable autonomous taxi services in Japan, an area in which global competitors are already making significant progress.
The program promotes the creation of a Japanese standard model for autonomous driving centered on domestic automakers. Implementing this model across regions and eventually to similar global markets will enhance Japan’s industrial competitiveness.
To compete with U.S. and Chinese players in software-defined vehicle (SDV) development, a neutral entity will establish an “open dataset” using real-world and AI-generated virtual data. This will support the creation of realistic simulation environments and iterative safety validation cycles, ultimately accelerating advanced SDVs and autonomous driving software.
※Program details: https://tur.ing/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/k250205003_1.pdf
About Turing
Turing is a Japan-based startup developing fully autonomous driving systems. Its End-to-End architecture allows AI to make all driving decisions—from steering to acceleration and braking—based solely on camera input.
Turing’s innovations include:
- Heron: a multimodal generative AI that makes sophisticated decisions using multiple data sources;
- Terra: a generative world model capable of producing realistic driving scene videos;
- CoVLA Dataset: a VLA model dataset that enables detailed natural language descriptions of driving environments and optimal route planning based on image inputs.
Turing is driving technological breakthroughs in autonomous driving to develop fully autonomous vehicles without steering wheels by 2030.
Company Overview
Company Name: Turing Inc.
Headquarters: Gate City Osaki East Tower 4th floor, 1-11-2 Osaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo
CEO: Issei Yamamoto
Founded: August 2021
Business: Development of fully autonomous driving technologies
URL: https://tur.ing/
Careers
Turing is hiring individuals passionate about transforming the world through fully autonomous Japanese driving technology. Please visit our careers page to learn more. We also host regular events such as open office sessions and Tech Talks.
Media Contact
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