# Argo AI: robotics company

Canonical ID: `3ba644ea-3cc0-423e-be0d-5c78d7435e01`

## 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)

- **Slug:** argo-ai
- **Status:** defunct (shut down Oct 2022; Ford and VW absorbed assets)
- **Founded:** 2016
- **HQ:** Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

## Models

- [Argo AI Self-Driving System](/models/argo-ai-self-driving-system.md) (av) (id: `da972ba7-f410-4a04-890d-55d8dce23faf`)

## Supplies to

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## Incidents affecting Argo AI (1)

- [Argo AI reported one minor injury crash in July 2021 in Pennsylvania](/incidents/argo-ai-minor-injury-crash-jul-2021.md), 2021-07-01 · Collision

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## 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.


## Sources (3)

1. **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
2. **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
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argo_AI

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