Turing Begins Joint Research with Automotive Industry Partners on an In-Vehicle E2E Autonomous Driving System and a Physical Foundation Model – Conducted as part of GENIAC, a national project led by METI and NEDO
Turing Inc. (Headquarters: Heiwajima, Ota-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Issei Yamamoto; hereinafter “Turing”), together with Subaru Corporation (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director, President and CEO: Atsushi Osaki; hereinafter “Subaru”) and DENSO CORPORATION (Headquarters: Kariya, Aichi; Representative Member of the Board, President & CEO: Shinnosuke Hayashi; hereinafter “DENSO”), announces that it will begin joint research toward the social implementation of fully autonomous driving—namely, research toward the implementation of an in-vehicle End-to-End (hereinafter “E2E”) autonomous driving system and a physical foundation model.
In this joint research, (1) Turing and Subaru will work on research toward the implementation of an in-vehicle E2E autonomous driving system, and (2) Turing and DENSO will work on the development of a physical foundation model. By bringing together the expertise of each company, Turing will build an integrated framework spanning the entire process from AI model research to implementation in actual vehicles.
Background
The social implementation of fully autonomous driving requires a development framework that cyclically advances both the development of a physical foundation model—which performs advanced recognition and judgment based on large-scale driving data—and the work of installing and validating that model in actual vehicles. To date, Turing has advanced the in-house development of E2E autonomous driving and physical foundation models. Through this joint research, in collaboration with two companies that have long supported the automotive industry, Turing aims to build an integrated framework that spans from research to in-vehicle implementation and public-road demonstration.
Initiatives
This joint research advances the following two initiatives in parallel.
1.In-Vehicle E2E Autonomous Driving System
Together with Subaru, Turing will work on integrating a lightweight E2E autonomous driving model with vehicle control systems, as well as on research with a view to future public-road demonstration. The companies will advance a multi-camera lightweight E2E model and its in-vehicle adaptation, building and validating an autonomous driving system that extends through to vehicle control.
2.Physical Foundation Model
Together with DENSO, Turing will work on the development of a physical foundation model adapted to autonomous driving, as well as its adaptation to actual vehicles. Based on vision-language models and vision state-space models, the companies will advance the technology development needed to acquire linguistic and spatio-temporal understanding from camera sensors alone.
Future Outlook
Through this joint research, Turing will accelerate the research of E2E autonomous driving systems and physical foundation models, aiming to build a development framework that cyclically connects deployment in actual vehicles, validation in driving environments, and model improvement based on the driving data obtained. In doing so, Turing will establish a foundation for the social implementation of fully autonomous driving, while extending this work beyond autonomous driving toward the establishment of physical AI technologies applicable to a wide range of domains—including multimodal foundation models with an eye toward AI robots.
About This Initiative
This initiative is conducted as part of the Generative AI Accelerator Challenge (GENIAC), a national project led by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), under the “Development of Competitive Generative AI Foundation Models” theme of the Post-5G Information and Communication Systems Infrastructure Enhancement R&D Project.
Selection results: https://www.meti.go.jp/english/press/2026/0514_001.html
About GENIAC
GENIAC (Generative AI Accelerator Challenge) is a national project led by METI and NEDO to strengthen Japan’s capability to develop generative AI. The program primarily provides high-performance computational resources to support the development of foundation models—the core technology behind generative AI—and supports proof-of-concept investigations into the practical application of data and AI.
URL: https://www.meti.go.jp/english/policy/mono_info_service/geniac/index.html
About Turing
Turing is a startup aiming to realize fully autonomous driving. The company develops an End-to-End (E2E) autonomous driving system that handles everything from perception, judgment, and vehicle control based on information from cameras. Turing is also developing a physical foundation model that linguistically understands pedestrians, signs, signals, road conditions, and more—responding flexibly to complex driving scenes. From model development to in-vehicle implementation, Turing advances the entire stack in-house, with the goal of realizing the social implementation of fully autonomous driving, in which vehicles drive in place of humans under all conditions.
Company Overview
Company Name: Turing Inc. (Japanese: チューリング)
Headquarters: AE2-1-2, Tokyo Ryutsu Center Logistics Building A, 6-1-1 Heiwajima, Ota-ku, Tokyo, Japan
CEO: Issei Yamamoto
Founded: August 2021
Business: Development of fully autonomous driving systems
Website: https://tur.ing/
Careers
Turing is actively recruiting colleagues who will change the world by realizing fully autonomous driving from Japan. Please visit our careers page. We also regularly hold open offices, tech talks, and other events. For details, please see our Connpass page.
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