August 26, 2026 —  The race to develop autonomous vehicles is accelerating across the automotive, transportation, technology & AI industries. At the center of this transformation is the rise of Software-Defined Vehicles (SDVs) which are increasing vehicle capabilities & functionality. TIER IV — a pioneer in SDV technology, developer of Autoware & believer that  expanding global autonomous driving deployment requires an ecosystem built on Open Source Software (OSS) in which companies must participate in communities that actively mitigate patent risks. TIER IV leads by example to make mobility safer, more sustainable & more accessible through global partnerships.  Today, the company announced it has joined  Open Invention Network 2.0 (OIN) to support patent non-aggression & proactively clear Intellectual Property patent risk. In August, TIER IV collaborated with Renesas Electronics Corporation to build an SDV open AI-native computing platform & its participation in the Next-Generation Edge AI Semiconductor Research & Development (R&D) Program led by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) to further develop a Software-Defined System-on-Chip (SoC) for Level 4 autonomous driving. The AI Journal dives in.

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