# Turing: autonomous vehicle company

Canonical ID: `a2532e93-8f76-49ef-b384-73186fff5021`

## Key facts

- **Funding:** $174M Series A (incl. $79M extension Jul 2026, [AMD Ventures](/investors/amd-ventures.md)) ([see investors](/investors.md))
- **Product:** Full self-driving software stack for Level 4/5 autonomous driving
- **HQ:** Tokyo, Japan
- **CEO:** [Issei Yamamoto](/people/issei-yamamoto.md)
- **CTO:** [Yu Yamaguchi](/people/yu-yamaguchi.md)
- **CFO:** [Masato Morishima](/people/masato-morishima.md)
- **Target:** Level 4/5 fully autonomous driving by 2030
- **Valuation:** [~$600M (post-extension, Jul 2026, company-reported)](/valuations.md) ([see valuations ranking](/valuations.md))
- **IPO target:** ~$10B valuation, U.S. listing targeted by ~2031
- **Compute:** Nvidia H100 Gaggle Cluster (96 GPUs) + AMD GPU diversification
- **Key milestone:** Tokyo30: 30 min uninterrupted autonomous driving in Tokyo (Dec 2025)
- **Key milestone:** Japan's first real-time VLA model autonomous driving on public roads (Mar 2026)

- **Slug:** turing
- **Status:** private
- **Founded:** 2021
- **HQ:** Tokyo, Japan
- **Valuation of record:** $600M (Company-claimed, as of Jul 2026; Priced round: [Series A extension post-money](https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/06/companies/self-driving-startup-amd/)) · [see valuations ranking](/valuations.md)
- **Category:** [Robotaxis](/robotaxis)

## Models

- [Heron / DriveHeron](/models/turing-heron.md) (av) (id: `2cf3a1a6-06b9-4123-b93f-95eb12acb5b4`)

## Current leadership (5)

- [Issei Yamamoto](/people/issei-yamamoto.md) CEO & Co-founder (IR-verified)
- [Shunsuke Aoki](/people/shunsuke-aoki.md) Co-founder (secondary-verified)
- [Daisuke Tanaka](/people/daisuke-tanaka-turing.md) COO (IR-verified)
- [Masato Morishima](/people/masato-morishima.md) CFO (IR-verified)
- [Yu Yamaguchi](/people/yu-yamaguchi.md) CTO (IR-verified)

## Partnerships (2)

- [Turing x Denso](/partnerships/turing-x-denso.md) with Denso _development_ (_reported, not operationally verified_)
- [Turing x Subaru](/partnerships/turing-x-subaru.md) with Subaru _development_ (_reported, not operationally verified_)

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is Turing?

Turing Inc. is a Tokyo-based deep-tech startup developing fully autonomous driving systems using end-to-end AI and Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models. Founded in 2021 by Issei Yamamoto, the company builds the Heron multimodal AI foundation model and DriveHeron VLA model for real-time autonomous vehicle control. Turing has partnerships with Subaru and Denso, and aims to commercialize its self-driving software in consumer cars and robotaxis by 2028, targeting a U.S. IPO around 2031.

### What does Turing make?

Turing has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Heron / DriveHeron (Turing builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).

### Is Turing publicly traded?

No. Turing is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.

### How can I invest in Turing?

Turing is a private company; its shares are not available on public markets, so retail investors cannot buy the stock today.

### Where is Turing headquartered?

Turing is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

### Who owns Turing?

Turing is privately held; ownership sits with its founders and private investors.

### Where does Turing operate robots?

Turing 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 Turing founded?

Turing was founded in 2021.


## Sources (6)

1. https://aibusiness.com/generative-ai/self-driving-company-funding-chips-from-amd
2. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/06/companies/self-driving-startup-amd/ · 2026-07-06
3. http://turing-motors.com/
4. https://tur.ing/en/news/20251117/ · 2025-11-17
5. https://tur.ing/en/news/20260326/ · 2026-03-26
6. https://qz.com/turing-self-driving-startup-us-office-ipo-081226 · 2026-08-12

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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