The TRATON Group signs strategic partnership on vehicle software development

The TRATON Group, which includes brands like Scania, MAN, International, and Volkswagen Truck&Bus, has recently signed a partnership agreement with Applied Intuition, a Silicon Valley-based vehicle software supplier. The aim is to deploy industry-leading vehicle software platforms for all TRATON brands.

Applied Intuition will provide AI-powered software products for vehicles globally, leveraging its software expertise and TRATON’s experience in industrializing software-driven commercial vehicles at scale. In other words, the partnership with Applied Intuition offers a scalable, extensible and modular vehicle OS to develop vehicle software faster, as well as AI-powered tooling for the development and validation of full vehicle software.

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Applied Intuition and TRATON’s strategic partnership comes after five years of a successful joint collaboration on tools for advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and automated driving (AD) development. “The TRATON GROUP’s products are increasingly driven by software,” said Niklas Klingenberg, Member of the Executive Board of TRATON SE, responsible for Group Research & Development (R&D). “We have always had strong software competencies in-house, but it’s important for us to work with a capable software partner to complement our capabilities. Applied Intuition brings expertise in modern vehicle platforms, developer tooling and a laser focus on execution speed that perfectly aligns with our goals.”

“From the very beginning, there has always been a strong cultural and technological alignment between our engineering teams, especially around technical excellence, speed and safety,” added Qasar Younis, co-founder and CEO of Applied Intuition. “This makes me even more excited to deepen our relationship with TRATON and set a new benchmark for vehicle software across the commercial vehicle and transportation industries.”