Facts

• Segment: Autonomous Vehicles
• Country: United States
• Founded: 2013
• Website: https://getcruise.com

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Facts
• Events
• Team
• Context tags
• Sources

Summary

Cruise develops self-driving car technology and robotaxi services. The San Francisco company is one of the best-known urban autonomous-vehicle developers.

Market context

Cruise is directly exposed to autonomous robotics through self-driving vehicle software, sensing and urban robotaxi operations.

Facts

• Website: https://getcruise.com
• HQ: San Francisco, United States
• Founded: 2013
• Segment: Autonomous Vehicles

Events

• 2025-02-04 - Acquisition - GM completes full ownership of Cruise - Cruise was set to work with GM on autonomous vehicle technology and advanced driver assistance systems.
• 2024-12-10 - Org Change - GM stops funding Cruise robotaxi development - GM shifted Cruise work toward autonomous and assisted driving for personal vehicles.
• 2024-05-13 - Deployment - Cruise resumes supervised autonomous driving in Phoenix - The Phoenix activity used Cruise AVs with safety drivers.
• 2023-10-27 - Org Change - Cruise suspends all driverless operations nationwide - The pause covered Cruise’s driverless vehicle operations while the company reviewed safety processes.
• 2020-01-21 - Product Launch - Cruise unveils Origin driverless vehicle - The Origin was designed for Cruise’s planned robotaxi service.
• 2016-03-11 - Acquisition - GM acquires Cruise Automation - The acquisition brought Cruise’s self-driving vehicle engineering team into GM.

Team

• Kyle Vogt - Founder/CEO
• Daniel Kan - Founder/COO

Context tags

• Autonomous urban driving - Workflow - Company profile context supports Autonomous urban driving.
• Autonomous driving stack - Peer Group - Company profile context supports Autonomous driving stack.