As founder of $5 billion self-driving taxi firm Pony.ai, James Peng is a leader of the autonomous driving revolution. Formed in Silicon Valley in 2016, Pony.ai initially concentrated on Peng’s home market of China, but has since expanded across Europe, East Asia, and the Middle East. Pony.ai is currently transitioning from honing its AI-powered technology to large-scale deployment, targeting 2025 as its “mass production year,” with aims to build a fleet exceeding 1,000 vehicles by the year’s end. In May, the firm inked a strategic partnership to offer its driverless taxis via Uber in the Middle East, with a goal of scaling deployments via the app to additional international markets in the future.

A Stanford graduate who cut his teeth at Google and Baidu, Peng is bullish about Pony.ai’s

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