NVIDIA announced a partnership with Uber Technologies (UBER.N) on Tuesday to deploy a global level 4 autonomous vehicle network using NVIDIA’s new DRIVE AGX Hyperion 10 architecture.
The agreement aims to scale Uber’s autonomous fleet to 100,000 vehicles starting in 2027, creating a unified ride-hailing platform that integrates human drivers with robotaxis. By establishing a standardized hardware and sensor reference, NVIDIA seeks to accelerate the commercialization of fully autonomous mobility and freight services across the automotive industry.
Uber will utilize the DRIVE AGX Hyperion 10 platform to manage its worldwide autonomous operations. The companies are also developing a joint “data factory” powered by the NVIDIA Cosmos platform to process the large-scale datasets required for training autonomous driving models.
Automakers Stellantis, Lucid, and Mercedes-Benz have joined the NVIDIA ecosystem to develop level 4-ready passenger vehicles compatible with the Hyperion 10 architecture. In the long-haul trucking sector, Aurora, Volvo Autonomous Solutions, and Waabi will utilize the platform for freight operations.
The DRIVE AGX Hyperion 10 architecture is powered by two NVIDIA DRIVE Thor systems-on-a-chip, utilizing the Blackwell architecture to deliver over 2,000 teraflops of compute performance. The modular system includes a suite of 14 cameras, nine radars, one lidar, and 12 ultrasonic sensors designed to support generative AI and vision language action models in real-time.
NVIDIA also introduced the Halos Certified Program, which the company described as the industry’s first system for evaluating and certifying physical AI safety. The program includes an inspection lab accredited by the ANSI Accreditation Board, with inaugural members including Bosch, Nuro, and Wayve.
Additional software partners developing on the NVIDIA platform include Avride, May Mobility, Momenta, Nuro, Pony.ai, Wayve, and WeRide. To support these developers, NVIDIA is releasing a multimodal dataset containing 1,700 hours of driving data collected across 25 countries.
NVIDIA, headquartered in Santa Clara, California, provides accelerated computing hardware and software for the automotive, data center, and gaming industries. Uber, based in San Francisco, operates a global mobility and delivery platform across approximately 70 countries.
