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James Peng
Co-founder, CEO and Chairman of Pony.ai; previously Chief Architect of Baidu's autonomous-driving unit and a software engineer at Google. PhD from Stanford.
Chinese · 1 current role · 1 founding
Physical AI footprint (2)
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- Former Chief Architect, AV unit
Chinese AI and internet company (NASDAQ: BIDU; HKEX: 9888) that operates Apollo Go, the largest autonomous ride-hailing (robotaxi) operation in the Eastern hemi
Apollo Pre-IPO Strategic Round · $1.5B7 verified deployments · Apollo RT6 at Dubai →4 incidents2 models - Founder
Autonomous-driving company founded in 2016, publicly listed (NASDAQ: PONY; HKEX: 2026), and a [Global](/companies/global-ai) leader in commercializing robotaxi
Current roles (1)
- Pony AI Co-founder, CEO & ChairmanSecondary-verified
Foundings (1)
- Pony AIfounded 2016-12-01cofounder
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Co-founders (1)
- Tiancheng Lou co-founded Pony AI2016-12-01
Board seats (1)
- Pony AI chair
Former / Previously (1)
- Baidu Chief Architect, AV unitSecondary-verified
Education (2)
- Stanford University PhD, Computer Science
- Tsinghua University BS
Sources (1)
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