Company
Argo AI
Autonomous driving technology company founded in 2016 in Pittsburgh by Bryan Salesky and Peter Rander.
- Founded
- 2016
- HQ
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Status
- defunct (shut down Oct 2022; Ford and VW absorbed assets)
Models
1
Overview
Autonomous driving technology company founded in 2016 in Pittsburgh by Bryan Salesky and Peter Rander. Backed by Ford ($1B) and Volkswagen ($2.6B), Argo developed self-driving systems for robotaxi and delivery applications before shutting down in October 2022.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- 1 incident on file
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Key facts
CEO
Bryan Salesky
Co-Founder
Peter Rander
Total Funding
~$3.6B (Ford $1B + VW $2.6B)
Deployed Cities
Austin, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Washington DC, Miami, Palo Alto (testing)
Data & sources
News coverage
2
Web sources
1
3 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Safety record
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Incidents affecting Argo AI (1)
- Argo AI reported one minor injury crash in July 2021 in Pennsylvania2021-07-01 · Collision
Includes incidents linked directly to this company, to its models, or to deployments of its models or under its operation. Retracted incidents are excluded from this view but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (3)
- Ford, VW-backed Argo AI is shutting down · https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/26/ford-vw-backed-argo-ai-is-shutting-down/ · 2022-10-26
- Argo AI, Ford's self-driving venture with Volkswagen, is shutting down · https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2022/10/26/argo-ai-fords-self-driving-venture-with-volkswagen-is-shutting-down/ · 2022-10-26
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argo_AI
Common questions
- What is Argo AI?
- Autonomous driving technology company founded in 2016 in Pittsburgh by Bryan Salesky and Peter Rander. Backed by Ford ($1B) and Volkswagen ($2.6B), Argo developed self-driving systems for robotaxi and delivery applications before shutting down in October 2022.
- What does Argo AI make?
- Argo AI has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Argo AI Self-Driving System (Argo AI builds physical robots).
- Where is Argo AI headquartered?
- Argo AI is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Where does Argo AI operate robots?
- Argo AI is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.
- When was Argo AI founded?
- Argo AI was founded in 2016.
- Are there any incidents involving Argo AI?
- 1 active incident involving Argo AI is on the DEPLOY registry. Each is a sourced, append-only record; retracted incidents are suppressed from this view.
- Is Argo AI safe?
- Argo AI has 1 active incident on record in the DEPLOY registry. 1 incident on record. Most recent: Jul 2021. Retracted incidents are excluded from this count.
Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-09
Verification posture
Verified
Medium confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-09
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
- 1
- secondary-established-publication
- Established publication
- 1
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Argo AI.Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/argo-ai.md
- RSS feed: /companies/argo-ai/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/3ba644ea-3cc0-423e-be0d-5c78d7435e01
- Revision history: /companies/argo-ai/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
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