Zoox
ACTIVEAmerican autonomous mobility company owned by Amazon; maker of a purpose-built, bidirectional electric robotaxi with no steering wheel.
Zoox
Founded 2014 · Foster City, United StatesZoox, Inc. is an American autonomous mobility company founded on 29 July 2014 by Tim Kentley-Klay and Jesse Levinson, headquartered in Foster City, California. Since January 2019 it has been led by Aicha Evans. In June 2020 Zoox was acquired by Amazon.com for over US$1.2B and operates as its subsidiary. Unlike its competitors, Zoox designs its own purpose-built vehicle — a symmetrical, bidirectional, electric robotaxi with no steering wheel or pedals, built from the ground up for autonomous driving. The company launched a commercial robotaxi service in Las Vegas (2025) and a public service in San Francisco (2025), while testing in additional U.S. cities.
Founders
Co-founder of Zoox; served as CEO until 2018.
Co-founder and CTO; formerly an autonomous driving researcher at Stanford.
Domain of activity
3 areas · 4 technologies · 3 industries- Autonomous systems
- Mobile robots
- Embodied AI
- Computer vision
- Robotics
- Simulation
- Reinforcement Learning
- Transport & mobility
- Automotive
- Software & Technology
Global presence
HQ Foster City · 2 offices · 2 regionsScale & funding
founded 2014 · Acquisition by AmazonOrganizational relations
1 strategic relations · 1 brandsStrategic relations
1- Acquired byZoox was acquired by Amazon.com in June 2020 for over US$1.2B and operates as its subsidiary.2020 →
Profile & metadata
4 classification · 7 external linksClassification
- Statusactive
- Development stagegrowth
- Listed onNo
- Organization typeRobotics company
