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Archived: Autonomous Driving Systems Developer Earns Global Innovation Award

Posted on October 23, 2018

A Boston company developing groundbreaking autonomous driving software and systems has been named the winner of the 2018 AIM Global Innovation Award.

nuTonomynuTonomy, an Aptiv company, will be honored at the 23nd annual AIM Global Trade Symposium on November 8 in Waltham.  Previously announced Global Trade honorees will include Bennett and Company, Universal Plastics, and John Hancock, all companies that have demonstrated excellence in international business.

“The global marketplace is an innovative one,” said Richard Lord, President and CEO of AIM. “We are pleased that as part of our recognition of Massachusetts companies exhibiting best practices in advancing global business we have the opportunity to highlight the work of nuTonomy, a company that is truly re-imagining one of the most time-tested pieces of technology ” the automobile.”

Founded out of MIT in 2013 by Karl Iagnemma and Emilio Frazzoli, nuTonomy was the first company to test autonomous vehicles on public roads – in Singapore in 2016 and Boston in 2017.  In November 2017 the company was acquired by global automotive technology company Aptiv.

nuTonomy reached a milestone six months ago when the company made its autonomous vehicles available to the general public in Las Vegas via the Lyft ride-hailing app.

Aptiv and Nutonomy together employ 150 people in Boston’s Seaport district.

The AIM Global Trade Symposium & Awards Breakfast will take place from 7:30-10:30 am on November 8 at Waltham Woods Conference Center.  The event will feature keynote speaker Robert Z. Lawrence, Professor of International Trade & Investment at the Kennedy School of Government.

A panel discussion on “Global Business: Tariffs, Treaties and Trends” with speakers from the Port of Boston, Ocean Spray, and Brandeis International Business School, will follow.  The AIM Global Trade Symposium & Awards is sponsored by Massport, Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MassMEP) and The Provident Bank.

Registration for the Global Trade Symposium can be accessed online here.