Pronto acquires SafeAI

Pronto.ai, Inc. (Pronto), a provider of scalable, OEM-agnostic autonomous haulage systems (AHS) for the off-road sector, has completed its acquisition of SafeAI Inc., a supplier of multi-sensor autonomous solutions for heavy industry.

According to the announcement, the acquisition brings together two teams with decades of experience in autonomy spanning the DARPA Grand Challenges, Google, Waymo, Uber, Apple, Caterpillar, Lucid, Ford, General Motors, Tesla and Topcon.

The combined entity will offer a tiered technology portfolio, capable of serving customer needs from small quarries to large mines. This includes Pronto’s camera-only AHS for customers, which the company said prioritizes affordability and rapid deployment, as well as a multi-sensor premium offering, both of which Pronto said will benefit from SafeAI’s safety framework that has been ASIL D-certified.

“Pronto is automating everything with wheels, starting with mining trucks, focused on becoming the first profitable autonomous vehicle company,” said Anthony Levandowski, CEO of Pronto. “This acquisition solidifies our leadership in the automation of the mining, quarrying, and construction industries, and will help us further accelerate the commercial deployment of our technologies to sites around the world.”

Pronto also recently announced a global agreement to deploy more than 100 autonomous trucks with Heidelberg Materials and expand its team in Brazil.

Heidelberg Materials and Pronto expand autonomous haulage partnership Following successful pilots in North America, Heidelberg Materials will deploy Pronto Autonomous Haulage System to more than a dozen sites around the world