nuTonomy, an MIT-affiliated autonomous vehicle startup, just raised a big $16 million Series A round of funding.
Although they are Boston-based, their immediate goal is to build a self-driving taxi fleet for Singapore.
In addition to Singapore, nuTonomy is operating self-driving cars in Michigan and the United Kingdom, where it tests software in partnership with major automotive industry players such as Jaguar Land Rover.
This is a nice win for them, and the participation of Highland Capital Partners (Boston’s premier venture capital firm) shows that autonomous vehicle development can succeed outside of just Silicon Valley and Detroit.
David Silver 