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Rivian has acquired Third Dimension, a UK-based AI startup that converts camera footage into 3D scenes.
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- https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/rivian-buys-world-model-startup-to-accelerate-self-driving-ambitions
- https://thenextweb.com/news/rivian-third-dimension-ai-acquisition-driving-simulation
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- ConfirmedThe financial terms of the Rivian–Third Dimension deal were not disclosed.
- ConfirmedThird Dimension has 15 employees, most of them based in the UK.
- ConfirmedThird Dimension raised $7 million in seed funding.
- ConfirmedRivian receives more than 400,000 driving sequences per day from customer vehicles, according to its head of autonomy and AI, James Philbin.
- ConfirmedRivian plans to release point-to-point supervised driving software by the end of 2026.
- UnconfirmedThe Third Dimension technology will let Rivian simulate rare driving edge cases without waiting for them to occur on real roads.
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