Mobileye takes aim at Waymo

Mobileye has built a multi-billion-dollar business supplying automakers with computer vision technology that powers advanced driver assistance systems. It’s a business that last year generated nearly $1 billion in sales for the company. Today, 54 million vehicles on the road are using Mobileye’s computer vision technology.

In 2018, the company made what many considered a bold and risky move when it expanded its focus beyond being a mere supplier to becoming a robotaxi operator. The upshot: Mobileye wants to compete directly with the likes of

Waymo

and other big players aiming to deploy commercial robotaxi services.

TechCrunch sat down with

Amnon Shashua,

Mobileye’s president and CEO and Intel

senior vice president, to find out why and how — yep, acquisitions are in the future — the company will hit its mark.