Tesla is reportedly buying a computer-vision company to help it make the technology for self-driving cars

Tesla is acquiring the computer-vision startup DeepScale, CNBC's Lora Kolodny reported. Forrest Iandola, DeepScale's CEO, said on LinkedIn that he joined Tesla's Autopilot team this week. According to Iandola's profile, his job title is "senior staff machine learning scientist." Tesla and DeepScale did not immediately respond to Business Insider's requests for comment. Read more: Former Tesla employees reveal what it's like to work with Elon Musk Tesla's attempt to develop autonomous-driving technology relies heavily on cameras, because the electric-car maker is not using the lidar sensors most of its rivals include in their autonomous-driving hardware suites.